WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1979
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TENDERS CALLED FOR SHA TIN'S KCR DEPOT PODIUM DEVELOPMENT
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) INVITED TENDERS FOR A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR PRIVATE HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEX OVER THE PROPOSED KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY DEPOT AT SHA TIN.
THE INVITATION CALLS FOR TENDERS TO BE SUBMITTED BEFORE JUNE 1.
THE PLANS INCLUDE A HOUSING COMPLEX OF SEVEN 30-STOREY TOWER BLOCKS AND ANOTHER 16-STOREY BUILDING FOR COMMERCIAL OR HOTEL PURPOSES ON A GOVERNMENT-BUILT PODIUM COVERING AN AREA OF 2.66 HECTARES.
THE SENIOR ESTATE SURVEYOR OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, MR. ROGER THOMPSON SAID SEVERAL LARGE DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES HAD SHOWN KEEN INTEREST IN THE PROJECT AND SUBSEQUENTLY A SPECIAL BRIEFING WAS ARRANGED FOR THEM LAST MONTH TO GO OVER THE PLANS AND SALES CONDITIONS AND DISCUSSED THE OVERALL · CONCEPT WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INVOLVED.
+SINCE THEN, HE SAID, A NUMBER OF OTHER DEVELOPERS HAS COME UP WITH SIMILAR REQUEST AND IT IS ENCOURAGING THAT THESE COMPANIES HAVE REALISED THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF THE PODIUM SITE.+
TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANOTHER IN-DEPTH LOOK AT DETAILS OF THE SCHEME BEFORE TENDERS CLOSE ON JUNE 1, HE SAID, A FURTHER BRIEFING SESSION WILL BE HELD NEXT FRIDAY (MAY 11) AT 10.30 A.M. IN NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION'S CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, KOWLOON.
POLICE MARRIED QUARTERS IN SHA TIN VIRTUALLY COMPLETE
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WORK ON THE POLICE RANK AND FILE MARRIED QUARTERS IN SHA TIN IS VIRTUALLY COMPLETE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE QUARTERS WOULD BE HANDED OVER TO THE POLICE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
THE NEW QUARTERS, LOCATED NEXT TO THE SHA TIN DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND SHA TIN POLICE STATION, CONSIST OF TWO 20-STOREY BLOCKS, CAR PARKS, A CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA AND A LANDSCAPED SITTING AREA.
THE NEW COMPLEX, COSTING $10.5 MILLION, WILL PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR ABOUT 380 MARRIED POLICE OFFICERS AND THE IR FAMILIES.
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