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THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1981
+BUT, UNDER THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME, THE FLATS ARE SOLD, NOT RENTED, AND THERE IS NO COMPELLING ARGUMENT FOR PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE USED TO SUBSIDISE INDIVIDUALS IN THE ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT ASSETS, SIR PHILIP SAID.
'SELLING' INDUSTRIAL ESTATES
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THE CONTRAST BETWEEN LAND AVAILABLE ON INDUSTRIAL ESTATES AND THE NUMBER OF SITES BEING DEVELOPED DERIVES FROM VIRTUE RATHER THAN FROM A FAILING ON THE PART OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, THE HON D.G. JEAFFRESON, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
ANSWER ING REMARKS MADE BY THE HON ALLEN LEE AND THE HON S.L. CHEN, MR JEAFFRESON SAID AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT ONE AIM OF THE CORPORATION WAS TO KEEP THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ESTATES WELL -HEAD OF THE GRANTING OF LOTS TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS.
+ IT IS CLEARLY IMPORTANT THAT, IF THEY ARE NOT TO BE DISCOURAGED, POSSIBLE USERS OF THE ESTATES SHOULD SEE WELL LAID OUT AND SERVICED SITES READY TO BE GRANTED, HE SAID.
THE SECOND AIM, HE SAID, WAS THE PRINCIPLE OF BROADEN ING HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL BASE BY CATERING FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES WHICH COULD NOT OPERATE IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS.
HE ADDED THAT THE CORPORATION HAS SO FAR RECEIVED 171 APPLICATIONS AND HAS APPROVED 55.
ON PROMOTION, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THAT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERS IF ICATION, INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION HAS BEEN REORGANISED AND WAS NOW UNDER THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS.
ANSWER ING A REMARK ON CRITERIA, HE SAID THE BOARD OF THE CORPORATION ARE AT THEIR MOST CRITICAL, AND DARE I SAY IT, THE IR MOST CANTANKEROUS, WHEN THIS SUBJECT COMES UP. +
ON CONDITIONS OF LEASE, HE SAID THESE WERE FAIRLY TOUGH TO ENSURE THAT SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS USE THE SITES FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH CAUSED THE CORPORATION TO GRANT THEM.
THOSE WHO OBJECT +RATHER NOISILY+ WERE VERY MUCH A MINORITY, HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE MAJORITY UNDERSTOOD WHY THE LEASE CONDITIONS WERE FAIRLY TIGHT AND ACCEPTED THEM WITHOUT COMPLAINT.
MR JEAFFRESON ALSO SPOKE ON THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PACKAGING COUNCILS IN WHICH HE SAID AN INCREASE IN SUBVENTION FOR 1981-82 MIGHT BE SOUGHT.
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