FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1994
MISS YUE
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SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO PUTTING UP SOME MILLION TO SET UP THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE INVESTING ANOTHER $200 MILLION TO PUMP-PRIME DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR.
INDUSTRIAL IN A SCHEME INVOLVING MATCHING FUNDS PROJECTS
$250 AND
RESEARCH FROM THE
"AND WE SHALL BE MAKING AVAILABLE AN ADDITIONAL $180 MILLION OR INDUSTRIAL THEREABOUT EVERY YEAR, STARTING FROM 1994/95, TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS BENEFICIAL TO HONG KONG, SHE ADDED.
MISS YUE SAID ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY WAS THE A NEGOTIATION WITH HONG KONG'S MAJOR TRADING AND INVESTMENT PARTNERS NETWORK OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AND PROTECTION AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE FURTHER ASSURANCE TO INVESTMENTS BY THEIR OWN NATIONALS IN HONG KONG.
"THESE AGREEMENTS - ENTERED INTO WITH THE FULL AGREEMENT
AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS BOTH THE BRITISH EFFECT AFTER JUNE 1997 WHEN CHINA WILL RESUME SOVEREIGNTY KONG.
T
WILL
WE "TO DATE,
HAVE SIGNED THREE AND AGREEMENTS WITH SOME OF OUR MAJOR ECONOMIC PARTNERS,
OF
CONTINUE
TO HAVE OVER HONG
SIX SUCH INITIALLED
1+ MISS YUE SAID.
PROMOTION
JAPANESE AND
"WE HOPE TO START, VERY SHORTLY, NEGOTIATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT FOR A JAPAN-HONG KONG BILATERAL INVESTMENT PROTECTION AGREEMENT, SHE ADDED.
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DSD TO CONSTRUCT SEWAGE TUNNEL
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THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO CONSTRUCT A SEWAGE TUNNEL FROM KWUN TONG AND KWAI CHUNG TO STONECUTTERS ISLAND.
SEWAGE
THE WORKS, WHICH FORM PART OF STAGE I OF THE STRATEGIC DISPOSAL SCHEME WHICH IS TO COLLECT AND TREAT SEWAGE FROM KOWLOON BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND TSEUNG KWAN O AND FROM THE NORTH-EASTERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND, WILL START IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR FOR COMPLETION
IN
ABOUT 30 MONTHS.
THE LAND SITUATED ON THE ROUTE OF THE PROPOSED TUNNEL DESCRIBED IN A NOTICE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
IS
THE TUNNEL WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AT A DEPTH OF MORE THAN 100 METRES BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE LAND AT WHICH THE TUNNEL WILL LIE.
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ANY PERSON WHO HAS AN ESTATE OR INTEREST IN AN INSTRUMENT REGISTERED IN THE LAND REGISTRY ON THE LAND MAY OBJECT IN WRITING THE DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES ON OR BEFORE APRIL 25, 1994.
THE NOTICE OF SUCH OBJECTION SHALL DESCRIBE INTEREST OF THE OBJECTOR IN THE LAND AND THE OBJECTION.
THE ESTATE OR REASONS FOR HIS
/THE NOTICE,