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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1989
BIDDING OPENED AT $85 MILLION AND THE LOT WAS BOUGHT BY BOMARON LTD FOR $188 MILLION.
THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED UNDER THE COMPLETE A GROSS PLOOK AREA OF NOT LESS THAN BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30, 1993.
BUILDING COVENANT TO 27.205 SQUARE METRES
THE THIRD LOT, WHICH IS DESIGNATED FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES AND LOCATED AT LAN LOK STREET IN KOWLOON BAY. COVERS AN AREA OF ABOUT 6.300 SQUARE METRES.
BIDDING OPENED AT $370 MILLION AND THE LOT WAS BOUGHT BY MABLE ROAD CO. LTD FOR $370 MILLION.
THE BUILDING COVENANT STIPULATES THAT A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF NOT LESS THAN 36,000 SQUARE METRES HAS TO BE COMPLETED ON THE LOT BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30. 1993.
THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE, THE GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT. MR J.S. CORRIGALL.
WAS CONDUCTED BY
MR CORRIGALL SAID QUITE A LOT OF INTEREST HAD BEEN GENERATED ON THE SHA TIN LOT WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS A GOOD LOT POTENTIAL.
WITH A LOT OF
RAINFALL BELOW NORMAL IN AUGUST * * * * *
AUGUST WAS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH THAT THE RAINFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID IN ITS MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT ISSUED TODAY (MONDAY 1.
ALTHOUGH EIGHT TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED IN THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC IN AUGUST, NONE OF THEM CAME NEAR ENOUGH TO AFFECT HONG KONG.
CONSEQUENTLY, THE MONTHLY RAINFALL AMOUNTED TO ONLY 218 MILLIMETRES WHICH 15 ABOUT HALF OF THE NORMAL FIGURE OF 413.4 MILLIMETRES.
THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THE YEAR WAS 1,640.8 MILLIMETRES WHICH IS FIVE PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 1,723.1 MILLIMETRES FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 28.9 DEGREES CELSIUS IS THE SIXTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR AUGUST.
THUNDERSTORMS
THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN ON AUGUST 1.
DURING THE NEXT MORNING,
DEVELOPED INLAND AND DRIFTED SOUTHWARDS TO AFFECT THE TERRITORY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO BROUGHT THE TEMPERATURES DOWN TO DEGREES. THE LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.
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