THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1980
TSUEN WAN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING TOPPED OUT
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A FACTORY AND GODOWN BUILDING IN TSUEN WAN, WHICH FOUR MAJOR DEVELOPERS SOLD TO OCCUPIERS BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MANAGE, WAS 'TOPPED OUT' TODAY (THURSDAY) BY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES.
THE 26-STOREY BUILDING IS A VENTURE BETWEEN HONG KONG LAND (50 PER CENT), CHEUNG KONG (20 PER CENT), GREAT EAGLE (20 PER CENT) AND JARDINE, MATHESON (10 PER CENT).
IT IS THE FIRST BUILDING TO BE COMPLETED BY HONG KONG LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND HAS A FLOOR AREA OF 105 906 SQUARE METRES (1.14 MILLION SQUARE FEET) - NEARLY TWICE THAT OF CONNAUGHT CENTRE.
THE BUILDING IS THE TSUEN WAN INDUSTRIAL CENTRE, WHICH WAS SOLD FOR MORE THAN $200 MILLION A FEW MONTHS AFTER IT WAS PUT ON THE MARKET IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR.
IT WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION EARLY NEXT YEAR.
IT IS THE LARGEST INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN HONG KONG AND HAS ATTRACTED SOPHISTICATED LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES TO CENTRALISE THEIR OPERATIONS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+THIS FINE BUILDING IS SYMBOLIC OF THE IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE IN THE LIVING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT OF TSUEN WAN. WE ARE DEMOLISHING SUB-STANDARD HOUSING PUT UP LESS THAN 20 YEARS AGO- WE ARE ADDING AMENITIES WHICH HAD TO BE OMITTED IN EARLIER YEARS, AND THIS WELL-PLANNED FACTORY WITH MODERN FACILITIES AND GOOD MANAGEMENT, ADEQUATE PARKING AND LOADING SPACES IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE STANDARDS FOR LIVING AND WORKING WE HAVE SET FOR THE FUTURE,+ SAID MR AKERS-JONES.
BUSINESSES MOVING INTO THE BUILDING INCLUDE THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRINTING COMPANY, A PUBLISHING HOUSE AND A LEADING PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIER. EACH STOREY HAS A FLOOR AREA OF 4 180 SQUARE METRES.
THE CENTRE IS LOCATED IN TEXACO ROAD, CLOSE TO 20 PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES. IT WILL BE LINKED TO THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL WHEN THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS IS COMPLETED.
IT HAS 14 CARGO LIFTS AND ADEQUATE PARKING SPACES ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
A CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM WILL BE INSTALLED IN EACH OF THE FOUR PASSENGER LIFTS TO ENSURE MAXIMUM SECURITY.
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