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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1987
THE MAN KAM TO CONTROL POINT TOGETHER WITH THE SHA TAU KOK CONTROL POINT AND THE FUTURE LOK MA CHAU CROSSING, ALL WITHIN A FEW KILOMETRES FROM THE NEW TOWN HAD MADE NORTH DISTRICT WELL PLACED IN DEVELOPING TRADE WITH THE SHENZHEN ECONOMIC ZONE, HE SAID.
MR CHEUNG NOTED THAT THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR WAS BECOMING MORE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL OF THE DISTRICT FOR LONG-TERM INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THIS WAS REFLECTED IN THE INTEREST SHOWN FOR THE THREE PIECES OF GOVERNMENT LAND PUT UP FOR SALE LAST YEAR -- ONE FOR COMMERCIAL- RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TWO FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES, ALL OF WHICH HAD FETCHED UNEXPECTEDLY GOOD PRICES, HE ADDED.
$5 MILLION RAISED FOR HOSPITAL EXTENSION
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KWUN TONG RESIDENTS AND DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS HAVE RAISED MORE THAN $5 MILLION FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL IN A YEAR-LONG FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN INITIATED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR $5.2 MILLION TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL FUND-RAISING COMMITTEE, MRS JUNE LI, AT A CEREMONY HELD TO MARK THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, MR LIAO NOTED THAT THE HOSPITAL HAD CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH RESIDENTS OF EAST KOWLOON. OWING TO THE RAPID GROWTH OF POPULATION IN THE AREA, THE HOSPITAL HAD TO BOOST ITS FACILITIES TO COPE WITH DEMANDS.
THE $730 MILLION EXTENSION PLAN WOULD HELP INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BEDS FROM THE PRESENT 640 TO 1 400 AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 20-STOREY BUILDING TO HOUSE NEW TREATMENT DEPARTMENTS, HE SAID.
MR LIAO NOTED THAT A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CHARITY WALK, FILM PREMIERE, CELEBRITY BASKETBALL MATCH, TAXI AND MINIBUS CHARITY RIDE, AND A FUND-RAISING COMPETITION HAD BEEN STAGED DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD.
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