THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1989
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REGIONAL SECRETARY VISITS VBP CENTRE, MAI PO
MR ADOLF HSU,
FOR
DETENTION CENTRE
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES,
KONG VISITED THE SHEK {THURSDAY) VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AND THE MAI PO MARSHES.
TODAY
OFFICER, MR ROBIN IP, ACCOMPANIED BY THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT
MAI PO NATURE RESERVE ΤΟ THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FIRST WENT TO THE
KONG) HAVE A LOOK AT THE WORK OF THE WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (HONG IN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.
EDUCATION STUDY
FIELD
HE WAS MET BY STAFF OF THE FUND AND SHOWN AROUND THE
COLLECTION CENTRE, AND A WILDFOWL CENTRE, A CAPTIVE CENTRE AND AN OBSERVATION TOWER WHICH ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
BIRD-
MR HSU WAS TOLD THAT THE FUND HAD BEEN ORGANISING GUIDED
FOR SCHOOL
AND INDIVIDUALS WATCHING WALKS
GROUPS LAST YEAR, THE CONSERVATION.
NUMBER OF INTERESTED VISITORS TO MAI PO EXCEEDED 25,000.
AND
ACTIVITIES
IN WILDLIFE
HE LATER VISITED THE SHEK KONG VBP CENTRE AND THE SITUATION THERE.
WAS UPDATED ON
CENTRE, HE LEARNED THAT THE PROBLEM OF VBP'S ESCAPING FROM THE
HAD BERN GREATLY WHICH WAS ONCE A MAJOR CONCERN TO NEARBY VILLAGERS, IMPROVED FOLLOWING THE ERECTION OF A 17-FOOT-HIGH PERIMETER FENCE.
THE ON
HYGIENE CONDITIONS
THE TEMPORARY NATURE, HAD
IN
BRIEFED MR HSU WAS ALSO CENTRE. HYGIENE FACILITIES THERE, THOUGH OF A BEEN UPGRADED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
NT SITES OFFERED TO LETTERS A/B HOLDERS
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THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING REGISTERED FOR SIX OWNERS OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS (LETTERS A/B) TO TENDER SITES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ONE OF THE SITES IS IN MA ON SHAN TOWN CENTRE,
ABOUT 7,199 SQUARE METRES. I.T AN AREA OF
IS FOR (EXCLUDING GODOWN AND CINEMA) PURPOSES.
SHA TIN, WITH NON- INDUSTRIAL
OF NOT
ACCORDING TO THE BUILDING COVENANT, A GROSS FLOOR AREA LESS THAN 26,780 SQUARE METRES HAS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE JANUARY 1994.
19,
AREA
ANOTHER SHA TIN SITE, SITUATED AT PAI TAU STREET, WITH AN OF ABOUT 8,463 SQUARE METRES, IT 18 FOR NON- INDUSTRIAL (EXCLUDING GODOWN AND RESIDENTIAL BUT INCLUDING CINEMA AND HOTEL) PURPOSES.
/THE BUILDING