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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1977

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32 SITES IN HT PLANNED FOR SALE

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THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO PUT UP FOR AUCTION OR TENDER 32 PRIME DEVELOPMENT SITES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BEFORE THE END OF MARCH NEXT YEAR.

THE SITES, COVERING A TOTAL OF 13.7 HECTARES, ARE FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID TODAY THAT ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL PROGRAMMES, 16 OF THE SITES WERE TO BE DISPOSED OF BY PUBLIC AUCTION, TWO BY PUBLIC TENDER AND 14 BY TENDER RESTRICTED TO HOLDERS OF LAND EXCHANGE DOCUMENTS.

HE SAID THAT 10 SITES PLANNED FOR PUBLIC AUCTION WERE FOR RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COVERING ABOUT 1.7 HECTARES, FIVE SITES FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES COVERING 1.5 HECTARES AND ONE SITE OF 0.2 HECTARE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

+ THE RESIDENTIAL SITES ARE ON SOUTH LANTAU AND PENG CHAU AS WELL AS IN SAI KUNG AND TUEN MUN, WHILE THE INDUSTRIAL SITES ARE

IN TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THOSE FOR PUBLIC TENDER ARE ONE SITE OF ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE METRES IN KWAI CHUNG EARMARKED FOR A SLAUGHTER HOUSE, AND ANOTHER OF 66,530 SQUARE METRES, ALSO IN KWAI CHUNG, FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE 14 SITES SCHEDULED FOR TENDER RESTRICTED TO HOLDERS OF LAND EXCHANGE EXTITLEMENTS COMPRISE RIGHT FOR RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COVERING ABOUT 1.3 HECTARES. AND SIX FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES COVERING NEARLY 1.4 HECTARES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+ THE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL SITES ARE IN TUEN PUN, EXCEPT FOR TWO WHICH ARE LOCATED ON FEI NGO SHAN, ONE COVER ING 2,932 SQUARE METRES AND THE OTHER, 2,369 SQUARE METRES.+

THE INDUSTRIAL SITES ARE EITHER IN TSUEN WAN OR TUEN MUN. TWO ARE EARMARKED FOR +OFFENSIVE+ TRADES AND THE OTHERS FOR INDUSTRIAL-CODOWN DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.

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