MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1980
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MORE LAND AUCTIONED
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A 7 400-SQUARE METRE SITE AT BELLEVIEW DRIVE, REPULSE BAY, WAS SOLD FOR $63 MILLION AT AN AUCTION CONDUCTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE IN THE CITY HALL TODAY (MONDAY).
THE SITE, FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, WAS BOUGHT BY EVASTA LTD AT $8 513.51 PER SQUARE METRE.
AT THE SAME AUCTION, ANOTHER LOT LOCATED AT WINSLOW STREET, HUNG HOM, WAS SOLD TO HIP KEE GODOWN CO (HK) LTD FOR $116 MILLION OR $36 250 PER SQUARE METRE.
THE SITE, COVERING AN AREA OF 3 200 SQUARE METRES, IS FOR PUBLIC PARKING OF LORRIES AND GODOWN PURPOSES.
BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TEACHERS AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT *****
SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSIONS TO FURTHER IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AIDED SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 11, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
THE DISCUSSIONS WILL BE KEPT INFORMAL TO ENSURE A FRANK EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON TOPICS OF MUTUAL INTEREST AND CONCERN, HE SAID.
+THE IDEA IS TO PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CLOSE CONTACT WITH SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN AN INFORMAL SETTING, WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO EXPRESS THE IR OWN VIEWS FREELY AND SPONTANEOUSLY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE NAMES OF TEACHER REPRESENTATIVES WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE DISCUSSIONS AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SENT IN THEIR SUBMISSIONS ARE URGED TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE GROUP DISCUSSIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CANTONESE, AND EACH GROUP WILL BE CHAIRED BY A SENIOR OFFICER OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
PARTICIPANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE AGENDA FOR EACH GROUP TOGETHER WITH THE TIME AND PLACE FOR DISCUSSION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 26 GROUPS, WITH DISCUSSION SESSIONS BOTH IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON.
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