MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 15
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MORE INTEREST SHOWN IN YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
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WITH BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IMPROVING, THERE HAS BEEN GROWING INTEREST IN SITES AT THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION SAID TODAY (FONDAY).
RECENTLY, YAU SANG GALVANIZERS (HOT-DIP) COMPANY LIMITED HAD BEEN GRANTED A SITE OF ABOUT 3 700 SQUARE METRES FOR ITS PRODUCTION OF MILD STEEL MATERIALS.
YAU SANG IS THE FOURTH COMPANY TO BE SET UP ON THE 67-HECTARE ESTATE WHICH WAS COMPLETED LAST YEAR AND IS SITUATED ABOUT A KILOMETRE NORTH OF YUEN LONG NEW TOWN.
SITES IN THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WITH ITS FULL RANGE OF INFRASTRUCTURE ARE AVAILABLE FOR INDUSTRIALISTS WHO CANNOT OTHERWISE BE ACCOMMODATED IN TRADITIONAL HIGH-RISE FACTORIES BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THEIR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, OR WHO CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY ARE BROADENING AND IMPROVING THE BASE OF INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.
LARGEST COLUMBARIUM TO BE BUILT IN WONG TAI SIN
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THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED AN $18 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HONG KONG'S LARGEST COLUMBARIUM IN WONG TAI SIN.
THE EIGHT-STOREY COLUMBARIUM, TO ACCOMMODATE 36 698 NICHES, WILL BE BUILT ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING DIAMOND HILL CREMATORIUM.
THERE WILL BE THREE JOSS PANS ON EACH FLOOR WHICH WILL BE CONNECTED TO A VERTICAL FLUE TO COLLECT ASHES AT THE GROUND FLOOR. THE JOSS PANS WILL ALSO BE INSTALLED WITH A SPECIALLY DESIGNED EXHAUST SYSTEM.
OTHER FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE INCENSE BURNERS AND WOODEN BENCHES.
WORK ON THE URBAN COUNCIL PROJECT WILL START THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
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