FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1979
+THE PLOT RATIO HAS BEEN SET AT A LEVEL TO ALLOW FLEXIBILITY AND THE WHOLE SCHEME WILL INCORPORATE A PRIMARY SCHOOL, LANDSCAPING, OPEN SPACE, COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES - A SELF-CONTAINED DEVELOPMENT.+
MR. ROOME SAID A NUMBER OF GOOD RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SITES WOULD ALSO BE SOLD AT TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, SAI KUNG AND ON LANTAU ISLAND AT CHEUNG SHA, NEAR THE SOUTH LANTAU HOSPITAL.
ON INDUSTRIAL LAND, MR. ROOME POINTED OUT THAT 17 LOTS COVERING MORE THAN 40,000 SQUARE METRES WOULD BE AUCTIONED OR TENDERED.
THESE WOULD BE AT KWAI CHUNG, TUEN MUN AND FO TAN IN SHA TIN AS WELL AS NEW INDUSTRIAL AREAS BEING OPENED UP IN SAL KUNG.
THE CONSIDERABLY INCREASED SALES PROGRAMME COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEARS RESULTED FROM THE RAPID PROGRESS OF THE LAND. PRODUCTION PROGRAMME IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE NEW TOWN AREAS, HE SAID.
+THE INITIAL EMPHASIS WAS IN PROVIDING LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING BUT NOW THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF LAND BECOMING AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL GIVE THE TOWNS A PROPER BALANCE.
+MOST OF OUR LAND IS BEING SOLD BY TENDER IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY OF REDUCING ITS COMMITMENT TO HOLDERS OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENT DOCUMENTS, MR. ROOME SAID.
NEW PRICE STRUCTURE FOR WATER
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THE WATERWORKS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1979 INTRODUCING THE NEW PRICE STRUCTURE FOR WATER WERE PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
THE NEW PRICES WILL BE REFLECTED IN BILLS RELATING TO WATER WHOLLY CONSUMED IN FOUR-MONTH BILLING PERIODS, COMMENCING ON OR AFTER APRIL 1, 1979.
A WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THIS MEANT THE NEW RATES WOULD BE APPLIED IN RESPECT OF BILLS ISSUED ON OR AFTER AUGUST 1, 1979.
A TEMPORARY CONCESSIONARY TARIFF WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO LARGE TRADE CONSUMERS WHO SATISFY CERTAIN CRITERIA, AND A FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT IN THIS RESPECT WOULD BE MADE SHORTLY.
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