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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1986
ALSO FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THE SITE AT TAI CHUNG KIU ROAD IN SHA TIN HAS AN AREA OF 5 598 SQUARE METRES. THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS, EVERCOT ENTERPRISE COMPANY LIMITED AND MILLAP LIMITED, ARE REQUIRED TO BUILD NOT LESS THAN 17 000 SQUARE METRES OF GROSS FLOOR AREA BY SEPTEMBER 30, 1990.
A BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID A TOTAL OF 987 058 SQUARE FEET OF AGRICULTURAL LAND AND 4 945.5 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING LAND HAD BEEN REDEEMED BY THE SURRENDER OF THE VINTAGE LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS.
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15 SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT
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FIFTEEN STANDARD SECONDARY SCHOOLS, EACH WITH 24 CLASSROOMS, 12 SPECIAL ROOMS AND ONE HALL, WILL BE BUILT TO REPLACE 18 SUB-STANDARD SCHOOLS UNDER A REPROVISIONING PROGRAMME TO ACHIEVE A MORE EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES.
A TOTAL OF $270 MILLION HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR BUILDING AND EQUIPPING THE 15 SCHOOLS. SEVEN WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1990-91 AND EIGHT IN 1991-92 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE SCHOOLS WILL PROVIDE 17 400 PLACES WHICH ARE EQUIVALENT IN NUMBER TO THAT PROVIDED BY THE EXISTING 18 SUB-STANDARD SCHOOLS LOCATED MAINLY ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN KOWLOON WHERE THERE IS A SURPLUS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOLS WILL FORM THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROGRAMME TO REPROVISION 28 SUB-STANDARD SCHOOLS DESIGNED TO HELP EVEN OUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL PLACES AS A RESULT OF POPULATION MOVEMENT TO NEW TOWNS.
THE PROGRAMME IS BEING UNDERTAKEN IN ADDITION TO A SCHEME TO BUILD 35 SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE MORE SUBSIDISED SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES. FUNDS FOR THE SCHEME WERE APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER 1985.
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