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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1987
MOREOVER, THE CENTRE WAS THE FIRST GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN LOK WAH ESTATE, ENABLING ELDERLY PEOPLE THERE TO ENJOY A VARIETY OF SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, SHE SAID.
MRS DOE COMMENDED THE PO LEUNG KUK FOR ITS UNFAILING EFFORTS IN PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY AND SHE HOPED THAT THE KUK WOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND ITS SERVICES.
TUEN MUN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT RAPID
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TUEN MUN'S INDUSTRIAL SECTOR HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH NOTICEABLE GROWTH IN THE TYPE SIZE AND NUMBER OF FACTORIES AS WELL AS EMPLOYMENT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, MR YIP HING-CHUNG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY),
SPEAKING AT THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN TUEN MUN, 1985 SURVEY+ PRESS CONFERENCE, MR YIP SAID A SURVEY WAS CARRIED OUT IN 1983 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCAL INDUSTRIES AND WORKERS AND TO PROPOSE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY INDUSTRIALISTS.
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IN 1985, A WORKING GROUP HEADED BY MR TSO SHIU-WAI WAS FORMED TO MONITOR THE GENERAL PERFORMANCE OF INDUSTRIAL AREAS, THE NEEDS OF LOCAL INDUSTRIES AND WORKERS, AND TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS CONFRONTING INDUSTRIALISTS AND WORKERS, SAİD MR YIP.
COVERING MAINLY INDUSTRIAL AREAS 9 AND 12, LOCATED ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF TUEN MUN RIVER ALONG PUT TO ROAD, THE SURVEY CONSISTED OF TWO PARTS FIRSTLY, A SURVEY OF ALL EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION ON OCCUPANCY-VACANCY RATES, DESIGN, USAGE AND OPERATION: SECONDLY, THE OWNER-OPERATOR OF ALL IDENTIFIABLE MANUFACTURING FIRMS WERE INTERVIEWED.
ALSO SPEAKING AT TODAY'S CONFERENCE, MR TSO SAID THAT THE FLOORSPACE OF FACTORIES HAD INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT BETWEEN 1983 AND 1985 WHILE THE TOTAL OCCUPIED FLOORSPACE INCREASED BY 42 PER CENT FROM 740 OND SQUARE METRES TO MORE THAN ONE MILLION SQUARE METRES. THE AVERAGE FLOORSPACE FOR A FACTORY WAS 570 SQUARE METRES, WITH AN INCREASE OF 21 PER CENT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE VACANCY RATE DROPPED FROM 27.5 PER CENT TO 15.5 PER CENT.
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