TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1979
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SPECIAL BRIEFING FOR DEVELOPERS ON
SHA TIN KCR DEPOT COMPLEX
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SEVERAL LARGE DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED KEEN INTEREST IN THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR A PRIVATE HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEX OVER THE PROPOSED KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY DEPOT AT SHA TIN.
REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVERAL COMPANIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OFFICIALS OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE SEEKING FURTHER DETAILS OF THE SCHEME - AND HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND A SPECIAL BRIEFING FOR DEVELOPERS ON THURSDAY MORNING AT 10.30 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE SHA TIN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
THE SENIOR ESTATE SURVEYOR OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, MR. ROGER THOMPSON, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THE BRIEFING HAD BEEN ARRANGED TO ENABLE COMPANIES INTERESTED IN THE PROJECT TO GO OVER THE PLANS AND SALE CONDITIONS BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR TENDERS ON THE PROJECT ON MAY 4.
+BECAUSE IT WILL BE A RELATIVELY SHORT TENDER PERIOD, THIS BRIEFING WILL ENABLE DEVELOPERS TO DISCUSS THE OVERALL CONCEPT WITH THE SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INVOLVED AND ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE BASIC DETAILS OF THE SALE CONDITIONS,+ MR. THOMPSON SAID.
THE PLANS CALL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION BY GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS OF A 2.7 HECTARE PODIUM FINANCED BY THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERER WHO WILL THEN BUILD A HOUSING COMPLEX OF SEVEN TOWER BLOCKS OF FLATS AND ANOTHER 16-STOREY BUILDING FOR COMMERCIAL OR HOTEL PURPOSES.
MR. THOMPSON POINTED OUT THAT THE SALE CONDITIONS WOULD RUN TO MORE THAN 50 PAGES AND URGED DEVELOPERS INTERESTED IN OBTAINING COPIES TO WRITE TO THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, ENCLOSING A CROSSED CHEQUE FOR $100 PAYABLE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
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