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SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1978
RAF KAI TAK TO BE HANDED OVER TO GOVERNMENT IN JUNE
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION AT KAT TAK WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT AT THE END OF JUNE, THREE MONTHS LATER THAN ORIGINALLY INTENDED.
REVEALING THIS TODAY, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE DATE HAD BEEN PUT BACK DECAUSE SOME OF THE QUARTERS AND OPERATIONAL BUILDINGS AT SEK KONG, WHERE THE STATION IS BEING RELOCATED, „OULD BE COMPLETED A FEW WEEKS LATER THAN SCHEDULED.
HE SAID THAT, CECAUSE OF THE HIGH LEVEL OF ACTIVITY IN THE LOCAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. NITRACTORS HAD EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN RECRUITING SUFFICIENT SKILLE LAIOUR.
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+HOWEVER IT IS COMMERCADLE THAT THE VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE LAID DOWN FOR COMPLETIC: OF TH13 PLEX PROJECT HAS SC NEARLY DEEN ACHIEVED, + HE STATED.
SUPPORT FACILITIES WILL NOW START LOVING TO SEK KONG CH APRIL 10, CHILE PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAILIES WILL BEGIN MOVING AT THE SAME TIME AS THE HELICOPTERS IN THE MIDDLE OF HAY.
+THE ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION AT MAI TAK WILL BE FULLY RELEASED TO THE HONE KONG GOVERMENT ON JUNE 30 WHEN THE MOVE WILL HAVE BEEN FINALLY COMPLETED,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE SAID THE PLAN TO START BUILDING A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE ON PART OF THE VACATED AREA AT THE EEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR WOULD NOT BE DELAYED, HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT PART OF THE STATION HAD BEEN HANDED OVER HIRE MONTHS EARLIER THAN CRIGINALLY AGREED TO ALLOW THE LIDENING OF KWUN TONG ROAD TO GO AHEAD.
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