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THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1979
DUKE OF KENT TO VISIT CHINA NEXT MONTH
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THE DUKE OF KENT WILL PAY AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO CHINA EARLY NEXT MONTH AND WILL BREAK HIS JOURNEY BY STOPPING IN HONG KONG FOR A TWO-DAY PRIVATE STAY.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS IS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR HONG KONG ON JUNE 2. HE IS EXPECTED IN PEKING ON JUNE 4, WHERE AS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE BOARD, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL ATTEND THE OPENING OF A BRITISH ENERGY EXHIBITION ON JUNE 6.
THE DUKE OF KENT WILL LEAVE PEKING ON JUNE 9 FOR SHANGHAI AND HANGZHOU, HE WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON JUNE 11 ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, ARRIVING IN LONDON ON JUNE 13.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL TRAVEL BY SCHEDULE SERVICE TO AND FROM HONG KONG. FLIGHTS WITHIN CHINA WILL BE BY RAF VC 10.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL HAVE NO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS DURING HIS STAY IN HONG KONG.
$20.1 MILLION REALISED AT LAND AUCTION
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A 1,430-SQUARE METRE SITE AT FUNG YIP STREET, CHAI WAN, HONG KONG, WAS SOLD FOR $17.7 MILLION AT AN AUCTION CONDUCTED BY THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY HALL TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE SITE, WHICH IS FOR INDUSTRIAL AND/OR GODOWN PURPOSES, WAS BOUGHT BY YAN NIN DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. AT $12,377.62 PER SQUARE METRE.
ANOTHER SITE AT NGA TS IN WAI ROAD WAS SOLD TO KOON LOI CO. LTD. FOR $2.4 MILLION OR $28,103.04 PER SQUARE METRE.
THE SITE, MEASURING ABOUT 85.4 SQUARE METRES, IS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND NON-INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
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