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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1976

SIR MURRAY MEETS THE PRESS ON AIR

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, IS TO APPEAR ON ALL FIVE HONG KONG TELEVISION CHANNELS AND ON RADIO TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) EVENING, ANSWERING A WIDE RANGE OF QUESTIONS FROM THREE PROMINENT JOURNALISTS.

HE WILL GIVE HIS VIEWS ON HONG KONG'S PROSPECTS FOR THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON, THE PRIORITIES FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS THE RECENT DEFENCE AGREEMENT, THE PROGRESS OF ICAC'S WORK AND THE ROLE OF MACS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.

THE 30-MINUTE PROGRAMME, WHICH WAS PRE-RECORDED IN RADIO HONG KONG'S STUDIOS, HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THE TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS, EMBARGOED UNTIL 7 P.M. TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

FOR CHINESE VIEWERS AND LISTENING AUDIENCE THE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN DUBBED INTO CANTONESE.

THE JOURNALISTS APPEARING ON THE PROGRAMME ARE MR, ANTHONY LAWRENCE, A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, WHO HAS A REGULAR PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMME ON R.T.V., MR. SZE CHUSIAN OF T.V.B. AND MR. PETER PUN, NEWS MANAGER OF C.T.V.

50 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED LAST MONTH

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A TOTAL OF 50 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED LAST MONTH BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THESE INCLUDED PLANS FOR THREE 14-STOREY DOMESTIC HOUSING BLOCKS OF THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY AT KWAI CHUNG, TWO MULTI- STOREY APARTMENT BUILDINGS OF 28 AND 29 STOREYS OFF KING'S ROAD IN SHAU KEI WAN, THE NEW WORLD CENTRE AT SALISBURY ROAD, KOWLOON, SEVEN 18-STOREY BLOCKS FOR A HOTEL AND APARTMENT BUILDING AT CANTON ROAD, THREE STUDENT HOSTELS AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY IN SHA TIN, AND Á SCHOOL BUILDING AT CHUNG HAU STREET, KOWLOON.

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DURING THE MONTH, B.0.0. ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 42 NEW BUILDING PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE TAI KOO DOCKYARD REDEVELOPMENT APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL COMPLEX WITH 212 FLATS AT QUARRY BAY, AND A 120-FLAT APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL COMPLEX AT LOCKHART ROAD, WAN CHAI.

SIXTY-ONE OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR COMPLETED NEW BUILDINGS, WHICH INCLUDED 33 APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, A HOME FOR THE AGED AT SAI KUNG, A YOUTH CAMP AT CHEUNG CHAU AND A PRIVATE SCHOOL AT BLUE POOL ROAD.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF THESE BUILDINGS WAS $99.38 MILLION.

CONSENT WAS ALSO GIVEN FOR DEMOLITION WORK ON SEVENTEEN BUILDINGS.

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