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TUESDAY, FEBRU.EY 5, 1077

LUNAR NEW YEAR PARTY FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS

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MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED ELDERLY PATIENTS WILL BE ENTERTAINED AT A LUNAR NEW YEAR PARTY IN PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 10),

THE PARTY, THE SECOND OF ITS KIND FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTS WILL BE HELD IN THE GERIATRIC WARD OF THE HOSPITAL IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PARTY WILL INCLUDE A LION DANCE TO MARK THE ADVENT OF THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE.

A CANTONESE OPERA WILL BE STAGED BY THE LUNG CHEUNG CANTONESE OPERA GROUP.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A MAGIC SHOW AND A LUCKY DRAW FOR THE PATIENTS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

FÉ,

THE PARTY WILL BE HELD IN THE GERIATRIC DAY HOSPITAL SPECIAL BLOCK, PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FROM 1.30 P.M. TO 4 P.M. ON FEBRUARY 10 (THURSDAY). YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE THE OCCASION COVERED.

FOUR SAI KUNG FLATS SOLD

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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY SOLD FOUR FLATS AT SAI KUNG FOR A TOTAL OF $435,000 AT A PUBLIC AUCTION ATTENDED BY ABOUT 300 PEOPLE AT THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE.

TWO OTHER FLATS WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE SALE WHEN NO BIDS WERE MADE AT THE OPENING PRICE OF $100,000.

THE FLATS -- IN PO TUNG ROAD -- ARE AMONG A NUMBER OF SURPLUS FLATS IN A DEVELOPMENT OF FIVE-STOREY COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS BUILT TO REHOUSE LOCAL VILLAGERS AFFECTED BY THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME.

THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. ROBERT UPTON, SAID LATER THAT THE SALE WAS AN EXPLORATORY ONE.

+WE PUT THESE SIX FLATS UP FOR SALE TO SEE WHAT PUBLIC RESPONSE WOULD BE. HE SAID.

*THE AUCTIONEER OPENED THE BIDDING AT $100,000 FOR EACH FLAT AND OF THE FOUR SOLD, THREE WNET FOR $110,000 EACH AND THE OTHER FOR $105,000.

+WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE RESULTS OF THE AUCTION BEFORE MAKING PLANS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE REMAINING FLATS.+