MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1993
ROBERT PEIRCE TAKES UP POLITICAL ADVISER POST
MR ROBERT PEIRCE TODAY (MONDAY) TOOK UP HIS POST AS THE NEW POLITICAL ADVISER.
MR PEIRCE, 38, WHO IS MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN, IS NO STRANGER TO HONG KONG.
HE STUDIED CHINESE (PUTONGHUA) HERE IN THE LATE 1970S AND WAS DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FROM 1986 TO 1988.
HE SERVED AS SECOND AND LATER FIRST SECRETARY AT THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PEKING FROM 1980 TO 1983, AND AS ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE FOREIGN SECRETARY FROM 1988 UNTIL HE TOOK UP HIS LAST POST, AS FIRST SECRETARY IN UNITED KINGDOM MISSION ΤΟ THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK, IN 1990.
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SEVEN CONSENTS GIVEN TO PRE-SALE OF UNCOMPLETED FLATS
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THE LEGAL ADVISORY AND CONVEYANCING OFFICE OF THE LANDS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) RELEASED DETAILS OF CONSENTS GIVEN IN THE SECOND QUARTER ΤΟ THE FORWARD SALE OF UNITS IN UNCOMPLETED
DEVELOPMENTS.
SEVEN CONSENTS INVOLVING 400 UNITS ON THE HONG KONG ISLAND AND OVER 3,100 UNITS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE GRANTED BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE.
THE CONSENTS WERE GIVEN IN RESPECT OF APPLICATIONS UNDER THE LAND AUTHORITY'S CONSENT SCHEME CONTAINED IN LEASE CONDITIONS. THE SCHEME ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO SELL FLATS BEFORE BUILDING WORKS ARE COMPLETED.
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