TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1984
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THE AGREEMENT WAS S'GNED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER, TAI PO, MR VICTOR LEUNG, AND MR H.C. LEE AND MR JOSEPH M. LAI, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMPANY.
MR LEUNG SAID THAT OF THE 10 TENDER APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, THE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY EARNTRADE WERE CONSIDERED THE MOST ACCEPTABLE AND THAT THE PREMIUM TENDERED WAS REALISTIC AND REASONABLE.
HE SAID THAT UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF SALE, THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO BUILD A COMMERCIAL PODIUM WITH HIGH-RISE RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS ON TOP OF IT.
+THE PROPOSALS BY THE DEVELOPER SHOW THAT THERE WILL BE FIVE RESIDENTIAL TOWERS WITH 1 460 UNITS RANGING IN SIZES FROM 39.2 SQUARE METRES TO 54.33 SQUARE METRES,+ MR LEUNG SAID.
THE DEVELOPMENT, EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1986, WILL PROVIDE AMPLE LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACES AT BOTH THE GROUND AND PODIUM LEVELS.
MR LEUNG SAID THE KEEN RESPONSE SHOWN BY DEVELOPERS INDICATED THERE WAS CONFIDENCE IN THE PROPERTY MARKET IN TAI PO.
STAIRLIFTS FOR THE DISABLED ****
THE INSTALLATION OF STAIRLIFTS IN THREE CULTURAL COMPLEXES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL ENABLE WHEELCHAIR-USERS TO ENJOY THE MANY ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE.
THE STAIRLIFTS, THE FIRST OF THEIR KIND TO BE PUBLICLY USED IN HONG KONG, WILL ALLOW A HANDICAPPED PERSON TO GAIN ACCESS TO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ENTERTAINMENT IN THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, AND THE SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN CULTURAL COMPLEXES NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN STAIRLIFTS, EACH COMPRISING A FOLDABLE PLATFORM LARGE ENOUGH FOR A WHEELCHAIR, WILL BE ATTACHED TO A CABLE INSTALLED ON STAIRWAYS WITHIN THE COMPLEXES.
TENDERS FOR SUPPLYING AND INSTALLING THE STAIRLIFTS ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WORK WILL START IN MARCH AND BE COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY, 1986.
TENDERS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY SEPTEMBER 7.