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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1986
HE SAID THE RAPID EXPANSION OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE DIVISION, THE PUBLICATION IN LARGE NUMBER OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS BILINGUALLY AND CONCURRENTLY, TOGETHER WITH THE VARIOUS MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE CHINESE LANGUAGE DIVISION, WERE AMPLE PROOF OF THE EARNESTNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT IN PURSUING ITS CHINESE LANGUAGE POLICY.
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ON THE BILINGUAL LAWS PROJECT, MR LAU SAID IT WAS UNDER THE AMBIT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BUT HE NOTED THAT THE EXISTING NON-LAWYER MEMBERS OF THE DRAFTING TEAM IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WERE DRAWN FROM THE RANKS OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS.
+IT IS LIKELY THAT IT WILL TAKE QUITE SOME TIME BEFORE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT CAN TURN ITS ATTENTION TO PRODUCING AUTHENTIC CHINESE TEXTS OF LEGISLATION ALREADY ENACTED, HE SAID.
+THE LAW TRANSLATION WORK OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE DIVISION WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE, AND, AS THERE IS STILL A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF ORDINANCES OF PUBLIC INTEREST WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE, THIS ASPECT OF WORK OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE DIVISION IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR QUITE SOME TIME,+ HE ADDED.
NORTH POINT SITE SOLD FOR $645 MILLION
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A NORTH POINT PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF TIN HAU TEMPLE ROAD AND BRAEMAR HILL ROAD WAS SOLD FOR $645 MILLION AT AN AUCTION TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE.
BIDDING OPENED AT $450 MILLION.
THE SITE, MEASURING 15 380 SQUARE METRES, WAS SOLD TO BOATSWAIN ENTERPRISES LIMITED.
UNDER THE BUILDING COVENANT, THE DEVELOPER MUST COMPLETE A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF NOT LESS THAN 46 200 SQUARE METRES BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1992.
A SITE AT 20 NAM ON STREET, SHAU KE1 WAN, WAS BOUGHT BY YEE SHUN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED FOR $16.1 MILLION.
BIDDING STARTED AT $9 MILLION.
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