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TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1983
TWO CROWN LAND LOTS SOLD
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TWO PIECES OF CROWN LAND WERE SOLD BY THE LANDS DEPARTMENT AT AN AUCTION HELD AT THE EXCELSIOR HOTEL THIS AFTERNOON.
THE FIRST SITE, A 725-METRE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL LOT IN STANLEY, WAS SOLD TO WITHERS LIMITED FOR $1.6 MILLION, OR $2 206.29 PER SQUARE METRE.
THE OTHER LOT, WHICH IS ABOUT 3 834 SQUARE METRES, IN SHA TIN, IS FOR INDUSTRIAL AND GODOWN PURPOSES.
IT WAS SOLD TO VARONA CO. LTD. FOR $6 MILLION, OR $1 564.95 PER SQUARE METRE.
MAIL DELAY EXAMINED ***
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT SURFACE MAIL RECEIVED BY THE POST OFFICE ON AUGUST 19 FROM AUSTRALIA WERE SUBJECTED TO CONSIDERABLE DELAY IN TRANSIT PRIOR TO THEIR DELIVERY BY THE SHIPPING COMPANY TO THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE.
+ INVESTIGATIONS ARE BEING CONDUCTED TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE OF DELAY. ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED TO THE ADDRESSEES CONCERNED IS REGRETTED, HE SAID.
CHESS COMPETITION FOR TSUEN WAN WORKERS
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A CHINESE CHESS COMPETITION FOR WORKERS IN TSUEN WAN WILL BE HELD IN EARLY OCTOBER.
SPONSORED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, THE EVENT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD'S INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE, THE FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIES IN TSUEN WAN, AND THE HONG KONG CHESS ASSOCIATION.
THE COMPETITION, FIRST LAUNCHED LAST YEAR, IS AIMED AT PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT AND AT PROMOTING THE ART OF CHINESE CHESS,
IT IS OPEN TO ALL FACTORY WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT.
ENTRY FORMS AND DETAILS OF THE COMPETITION ARE AVAILABLE
AT ALL THE 11 PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES IN THE DISTRICT.
COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD REACH THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF FOU WAH CENTRE BY SEPTEMBER 20.
THE COMPETITION WILL BE HELD EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY BETWEEN 7.30 PM AND 9.30 PM AT THE SHENG KUNG HUT LADY MACLE HOSE CENTRE IN WO YI HOP ROAD, KWAI CHUNG, STARTING FROM OCTOBER 2.
CASH PRIZES AND CUPS WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNERS.