FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1981
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MORE LAND FOR AUCTION *****
FOUR LOTS OF CROWN LAND, TOTALLING MORE THAN 10 000 SQUARE METRES. WILL SOON BE OFFERED FOR SALE BY AUCTION BY THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE AUCTION WILL BE IN THE CITY HALL THEATRE AT 2.30 PM ON FEBRUARY 27.
ONE OF THE LOTS MEASURING ABOUT 1 947 SQUARE METRES IN AP LEI CHAU MAIN STREET IS INTENDED FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
ANOTHER SITE IN CHAI WAN, WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 4 900 SQUARE METRES, IS FOR GODOWN AND DANGEROUS GOODS GODOWN PURPOSES.
THE REMAINING TWO LOTS, MEASURING ABOUT 1 423 AND 2 768 SQUARE METRES, ARE ON THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION. THEY ARE FOR INDUSTRIAL AND/OR GODOWN PURPOSES.
AT THE SAME AUCTION, TWO FLATS IN KOWLOON WILL ALSO BE OFFERED FOR SALE.
THE PREMISES, MEASURING ABOUT 72.7 AND 70 SQUARE METRES, ARE AT SECOND FLOOR, 131 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, AND AT FLAT C, 5 BEECH STREET RESPECTIVELY. THE BEECH STREET FLAT HAS ANOTHER
ENTRANCE AT 7TH FLOOR, 40, 42, 44 ANCHOR STREET.
PEOPLE WISHING TO INSPECT THE FLATS ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SECTION OF THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE ON 3-884111 EXT. 343 AND 347.
FULL PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, GROUND FLOOR, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (WEST WING), HONG KONG AND AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 10TH FLOOR, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 405 NATHAN ROAD.
MASS TRANSIT ADVISER RETIRES
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THE MASS TRANSIT ADVISER, MR ALAN WILKINS, WILL GO ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH AFTER 29 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT, MR JACK STEAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, TODAY PRESENTED HIM WITH A SOUVENIR ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES.
MR STEAN RECALLED THAT MR WILKINS JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN 1951 AND WAS POSTED TO THE THEN ROADS OFFICE AS A PUPIL ENGINEER.
HE SERVED IN SEVERAL OFFICES BUT FOUND HIS NICHE IN 1971 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED AS GOVERNMENT HIGHWAYS ENGINEER WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROPOSED MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.
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