MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1993
TWO GOVT LOTS SOLD FOR $315 MILLION
TWO LOTS OF GOVERNMENT LAND WERE SOLD FOR A TOTAL OF $315 MILLION AT THE PUBLIC LAND AUCTION HELD BY THE LANDS DEPARTMENT THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE FIRST LOT, LOCATED AT MUI WO, LANTAU ISLAND WAS BOUGHT BY HORTIG INTERNATIONAL (HK) LTD AT THE OPENING PRICE OF $18 MILLION.
WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 840 SQUARE METRES, IT IS INTENDED FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL USE, EXCLUDING RESIDENTIAL, GODOWNS, HOTELS OR OFFICES.
THE DEVELOPER HAS TO COMPLETE A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF NOT LESS THAN 840 SQUARE METRES BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1996.
THE SECOND LOT, LOCATED IN MA TIN ROAD, YUEN LONG, NEW TERRITORIES, AND WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 4,350 SQUARE METRES, WAS TO EVER LEAD LIMITED AT $297 MILLION, WITH BIDDING OPENED AT MILLION.
SOLD $220
IT IS INTENDED FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL USE.
THE DEVELOPER HAS TO COMPLETE A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF NOT THAN 7,830 SQUARE METRES BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1996.
LESS
THE AUCTION WAS HELD IN THE CONCERT HALL OF THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI, AND WAS CONDUCTED BY GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT, MR JOHN CORRIGALL.
FIVE MORE MEN GET HIV
TEST
FIVE MEN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY LAST MONTH (OCTOBER), THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY).
408.
THIS BRINGS THE NUMBER OF HIV-INFECTED PERSONS IN HONG KONG TO
NO NEW AIDS CASES WERE REPORTED DURING THE MONTH.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED AIDS CASES IS 91 WITH 61 DEATHS. THE 30 OTHERS ARE EITHER UNDER COUNSELLING AND TREATMENT OR HAVE LEFT THE TERRITORY.
OF THE 408 HIV-INFECTED, 299 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION SEXUALLY, NINE WERE INTRAVENOUS DRUG USERS, AND 65 WERE INFECTED THROUGH CONTAMINATED BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCTS BEFORE 1985 WHEN HIV ANTIBODY TEST AND SAFE HEAT TREATED CLOTTING CONCENTRATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
FOR THE REMAINING 35, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS FOR CLASSIFICATION,
INADEQUATE
1985,
SINCE THE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WAS STARTED IN 299,119 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY.
/THE HONG