WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1984
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• IT WILL ALSO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN PLAZA COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, WHICH IS THE LARGEST SHOPPING AND NTERTAINMENT CENTRE UNDER ONE ROOF IN HONG KONG,+ MR WONG SAID.
THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY WOULD START AT 8.30 PM, AND WOULD BE VISIBLE FROM TAI PO AND PARTS OF HONG KONG ISLAND, HE SAID.
THE FIREWORKS WILL BE LAUNCHED FROM A VACANT SITE NEXT TO CITY ONE ESTATE, ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THE SHA TIN RACECOURSE.
WORK ING FROM GROUND LEVEL WOULD ENABLE TECHNICIANS TO PRODUCE MORE CREATIVE FIREWORKS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SOME NEW DISPLAYS, SUCH AS STARMINES AND SILVER FALLS, MR WONG SAID.
THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THE PROJECT OVER THE PAST YEAR TO PROVIDE THIS SPECTACULAR ENTERTAINMENT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY IS BEING SPONSORED BY THE YAOHAN DEPARTMENT STORE (HONG KONG) LIMITED, WHICH WILL BE OPENING ITS FIRST STORE IN HONG KONG ON THE SAME DAY, IN THE NEW TOWN PLAZA.
THE MARUTAMAYA PYROTECHNICS COMPANY OF JAPAN WILL PRODUCE THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
NT HOS FLATS POPULAR
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ABOUT 85 PER CENT OF THE 6 616 HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLATS CURRENTLY ON SALE UNDER PHASE VIA OF THE SCHEME HAVE ALREADY BEEN SNAPPED UP BY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
+THEY INCLUDE 2 192 FLATS AT MAY SHING COURT IN SHA TIN, AND ALTOGETHER 3 364 FLATS AT TAI PO PLAZA IN TAI PO, CHOI PO COURT IN SHEUNG SHUI AND SIU HONG COURT IN TUEN MUN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SAID TODAY.
HE SAID IT WAS NOT ONLY THE LARGEST SINGLE SALES EXERCISE SINCE PHASE OF THE SCHEME, BUT ALSO ONE WHICH WAS CONFINED ONLY TO PROJECTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR LOCATIONS, RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT SALES IS INDEED ENCOURAGING.
+IT SEEMS CERTAIN THAT HOS FLATS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES
ARE NOW EQUALLY WELCOMED BY HOME-PURCHASERS.
+THEIR POPULARITY CAN BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY THEIR RELATIVELY LOWER PURCHASE PRICES, BETTER ENVIRONMENT AND THE AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE FACILITIES.
/+FOR INSTANCE,