FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1984
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FOOTPATHS TO BE BUILT NEAR HOUSING AREA
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TAI PO AND FANLING NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS TO CONSTRUCT TWO FOOTPATHS AND THREE VEHICLE PARKING AREAS NEAR A TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA TO BE BUILT AT SHA TAU KOK NEXT YEAR.
THE FOOTPATHS WILL SERVE RESIDENTS OF THE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA AS WELL AS THOSE OF SHA TAU KOK.
THE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF 1985.
A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED FOOTPATHS AND VEHICLE PARKING AREAS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
A PLAN SHOWING THE PROPOSED WORKS CAN BE SEEN AT CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, CENTRAL ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING MAIN ENTRANCE: THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE NORTH AND NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE, OLD DISTRICT OFFICE BUILDING, TAI PO MARKET, TAI PO; AND AT NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE, FANLING SUB-OFFICE, JOCKEY CLUB ROAD, FANLING.
OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL IN WRITING SHOULD REACH THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS BEFORE APRIL 17.
HIGHER BIDS FOR URBAN TAXI LICENCES ***
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY TENDERS WERE SUBMITTED FOR 300 URBAN TAXI LICENCES WHICH WERE PUT UP FOR BID RECENTLY.
THE HIGHEST BID ACCEPTED WAS $144 598 AND THE LOWEST $138 589.
THE AVERAGE PREMIUM OF $140 221.76 REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 4.7 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE LAST TENDER EXERCISE.
AND 188 TENDERS WERE LODGED FOR THE 150 NEW TERRITORIES TAX I LICENCES OFFERED.
SUCCESSFUL BIDS RANGED FROM A HIGH OF $30 800 TO A LOW OF $12 860. THE AVERAGE PREMIUM WAS $21 144.69 REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 14.1 PER CENT ON THE PREVIOUS OFFER.
RESULTS OF THE TENDER ARE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
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