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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1979
ABERDEEN, HUNG HOM LAND AUCTION
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TWO LOTS OF CROWN LAND WILL BE PUT UP FOR SALE BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE AT AN AUCTION IN THE JADE BALLROOM OF THE FURAMA HOTEL ON FEBRUARY 22, 1979, AT 11 A.M.
ONE SITE, AT WINSLOW STREET, HUNG HOM MEASURING 1,550 SQUARE METRES, IS FOR GODOWN PURPOSES.
THE OTHER, OCCUPYING 554 SQUARE METRES AT TIN WAN HILL ROAD, ABERDEEN, HONG KONG, IS FOR INDUSTRIAL AND/OR GODOWN PURPOSES.
FULL PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM, AND SALE PLANS INSPECTED AT, THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRÁL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (WEST WING), GROUND FLOOR, HONG KONG AND AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 405 NATHAN ROAD, 10TH FLOOR, KOWLOON.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE SAID THE AUCTION HAD TO BE HELD AT THE FURAMA HOTEL AS THE CITY HALL THEATRE HAD BEEN HEAVILY BOOKED FOR THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL.
BUT AUCTIONS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN MARCH AND THEREAFTER WOULD BE HELD IN THE CITY HALL THEATRE AS USUAL, HE ADDED.
MR. B.D. KEEP
DIRECTOR-DESIGNATE, CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. B.D. KEEP AS DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION TO SUCCEED MR. R.E. DOWNING WHO IS DUE TO RETIRE IN MARCH.
THE PRESENT DIRECTOR MR. DOWNING, 54, HAS BEEN WITH THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT FOR 31 YEARS.
HE WAS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICER FROM 1947, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FROM 1965 AND DIRECTOR SINCE 1973. HE IS MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN.
MR. KEEP, 48, IS AT PRESENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, JOINING THE GOVERNMENT AS A TELECOMMUNICATIONS CFFICER IN 1960, HE WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION IN 1968 AND TO THE PRESENT RANK IN 1973.
MR. KEEP, MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN, HAS ACTED AS DIRECTOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
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