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MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1979
TS IM SHA TSUI SITE REALISES $400 MILLION
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A 4,500-SQUARE METRE SITE AT TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, KOWLOON, WAS SOLD FOR $400 MILLION AT AN AUCTION CONDUCTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY HALL THEATRE TODAY (MONDAY).
THE SITE, WHICH IS FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES, WAS BOUGHT BY TUNG CHEONG INVESTMENT AND CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. AT $88,888.89 PER SQUARE METRE.
THE SITE CARRIES A BUILDING COVENANT OF $24.5 MILLION AND SHOULD BE DEVELOPED BEFORE JUNE 30, 1983.
FIRST CHILD CARE CENTRE FOR AP LEI CHAU
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, SAID THIS (MONDAY) EVENING THAT CHILD CARE SERVICES WERE IN BIG DEMAND AS MANY HOUSEWIVES WERE TURNING TO JOBS IN THE LIGHT OF HONG KONG'S RAPID INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
MR. LEE WAS ADDRESSING THE GATHERING AT A CANTONESE OPERA AT THE CITY HALL ORGANISED BY THE WOMEN'S WELFARE CLUB, WESTERN DISTRICT, TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ITS NURSERY PROJECT IN AP LEI CHAU, ABERDEEN.
HE PRAISED THE CLUB FOR ITS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE VARIOUS FIELDS OF WELFARE SERVICE DURING ITS 24 YEARS OF OPERATION.
*THE CLUB HAS BEEN ONE OF THE PIONEERS IN CHILD CARE SERVICES, OPENING ITS FIRST NURSERY IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT AS FAR BACK AS IN 1959, HE SAID.
THIS NURSERY IS WELL-EQUIPPED AND NOW CARES FOR 170 CHILDREN, HE POINTED OUT.
HE ADDED IT WAS GRATIFYING TO LEARN THAT THE CLUB PLANS TO OPEN ANOTHER NURSERY FOR 100 CHILDREN WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST IN AP LEI CHAU.
BOTH NURSERIES ARE SUBSIDISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
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