AY 3, 1985
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LAND SALES PROGRAMME
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THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, MR JOHN TODD, ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT FOLLOWING THE COMING INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT WITH CHINA, THE DOCUMENTATION FOR FUTURE LAND SALES WOULD BE CHANGED TO REFLECT THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN ANNEX III OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
+TO GIVE EFFECT TO THESE CHANGES, SOME RESCHEDULING OF THE LAND SALES PROGRAMME FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR WOULD BE NECESSARY, BUT THE AREA OF LAND IN THE PROGRAMME WILL REMAIN THE SAME, HE SAID.
+ THE AUCTION PROVISIONALLY PROGRAMMED TO BE HELD ON JUNE 20, 1985 WILL BE DEFERRED, AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THESE LOTS CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING AUCTION PROGRAMMED IN SEPTEMBER 1985.+
HE ADDED THAT THE ABILITY NOW TO SELL LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON JUNE 30, 2047 SHOULD INCREASE CONFIDENCE IN THE PROPERTY MARKET AS PURCHASERS OF FLATS AND OTHER ACCOMMODATION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHO PREVIOUSLY HAD GUARANTEE OF A TERM OF ONLY ABOUT 12 YEARS WOULD NOW HAVE A TERM OF SOME 62 YEARS.
CHIEF SECRETARY LOOKS OVER USD ACTIVITIES
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY COVERED SEVERAL FIELDS OF ACTIVITY WHEN HE MADE AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SIR PHILIP BEGAN WITH AN INSPECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S NEWEST SWIMMING POOL, THE SPECIALIST TRAINING POOL AT WAN CHAI WHICH FEATURES UNDERWATER VIEWING WINDOWS AND IS USED REGULARLY BY THE HONG KONG AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION, VARIOUS SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, SCHOOLS AND THE DEPARTMENT'S LEISURE SERVICES DIVISION.
TURNING FROM SPORT TO CULTURE, SIR PHILIP THEN WENT TO THE GYMNASIUM AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM WHERE HE MET MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DANCE COMPANY IN A PRACTICE SESSION.
CATCHING UP ON ANOTHER INNOVATION IN THE DEPARTMENT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY ALSO LOOKED OVER THE COMPUTER +BRAIN+ OF THE URBTIX (URBAN COUNCIL TICKETING SYSTEM) NOW IN OPERATION FOR PROVIDING BOOKING SERVICES FOR A WIDE RANGE OF CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS.
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