FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1979
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19.2 HECTARES OF LAND FOR SALE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ******
THE GOVERNMENT IS TO SELL 53 LOTS COVERING MORE THAN 19 HECTARES OF LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
THE BULK OF THE LAND IS FOR VARIOUS KINDS OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND MOST OF IT IS TO BE SOLD BY TENDER TO HOLDERS OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS.
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THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR. FRANK ROOME, SAID TODAY THE SALES PROGRAMME ALSO INCLUDED PUBLIC AUCTIONS OF 15 SITES INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL LOTS AT SHA TIN, TUEN MUN AND SAI KUNG.
HOWEVER, TWO AREAS IN THE SALES PROGRAMME THAT WOULD ATTRACT CONSIDERABLE' INTEREST WERE BIG PRESTIGE RESIDENTIAL SITES IN SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN.
HE SAID 11 DIFFERENT SITES ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE SHA TIN VALLEY OVERLOOKING THE RACECOURSE WOULD BE AUCTIONED OR TENDERED AS PRIME RESIDENTIAL LOTS FOR LOW AND MEDIUM RISE DEVELOPMENTS.
+THERE ARE FOUR SITES IN ONE PARCEL NEAR THE RACECOURSE RAILWAY STATION WHICH ARE EARMARKED FOR MEDIUM DENSITY DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLY ALONG THE LINES OF THE WORLD WIDE GARDENS COMPLEX ON THE SHA TIN APPROACH ROAD.
+IN THE SECOND PLANNING AREA, SEVEN SITES HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE FOR TWO-STOREY TOWN HOUSE DEVELOPMENT.
+THESE SITES HAVE A COMMANDING VIEW NOT ONLY OF THE RACECOURSE, BUT OF THE WHOLE VALLEY TO THE SOUTH AND TOLO HARBOUR TO THE NORTH.
+ACCESS ROADS ARE BEING BUILT AND ALL OTHER SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED, AND EVEN THOUGH THE SALES ARE SOME TIME OFF, THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN GREAT INTEREST IN THE SITES BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A LOCATION THAT IS KNOWN AS THE JARDINE'S LOOKOUT OF SHA TIN,-
MR. ROOME SAID THAT TWO SITES IN EACH OF THE PRESTIGE RESIDENTIAL AREAS WOULD BE AUCTIONED WHILE THE REMAINDER WOULD BE TENDERED TO LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENT HOLDERS.
THE OTHER BIG RESIDENTIAL SITE AT TAI WO TSUEN ON FORMED PLATFORMS COVERING SIX HECTARES - WOULD ALSO BE TENDERED TO EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENT HOLDERS.
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+THIS IS A VERY BIG SITE MORE THAN SIX HECTARES - AND THE CONDITIONS OF. SALE HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO ENSURE A FIRST-CLASS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SOME 6,000 PEOPLE, MR. ROOME SAID,
/+TES PLOT