TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1979
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SHORT-TERM TENANCY TENDERS
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE IS INVITING TENDERS BY WAY OF ANNUAL RENTAL FOR A SHORT-TERM TENANCY OF A PIECE OF CROWN LAND AT HOK LO MAIN STREET, KOWLOON CITY, KOWLOON.
THE SITE, MEASURING ABOUT 79 SQUARE METRES, IS FOR STORAGE AND/OR NURSERY GARDEN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE TENANCY WAS FOR AN INITIAL PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, AND THEREAFTER QUARTERLY.
TENDERS FORMS, NOTICE AND CONDITIONS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM, AND TENDER PLAN INSPECTED AT, THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, MURRAY BUILDING, 19TH FLOOR, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG AND AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 405 NATHAN ROAD, 10TH FLOOR, KOWLOON.
1979.
CLOSING DATE FOR ACCEPTANCE OF TENDERS IS NOON ON MARCH 30,
TWO DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
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TWO DEATH SENTENCES WERE COMMUTED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON FUNG KAP-HUEN, 24, ON JANUARY 1978, FOR THE MURDER OF A RETIRED BUSINESSMAN, CHAN MUK-WING, 83, ON NOVEMBER 23, 1976 AT HIS HOME AT LAM TE I WAS COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
ON JULY
AND THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON MAN HONG, 55, ON MARCH 3. 1978, FOR THE MURDER OF CHEUNG KWOK-YAM, AGED ABOUT 40, 28, 1977, AT A HOUSE IN WESTERN DISTRICT WAS COMMUTED TO IMPRISONMENT FOR 15 YEARS.
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