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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1978

SHA TIN'S FIRST LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA AT FO TAN NOW HAS SEVEN 14-STOREY INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AS WELL AS THE $3 MILLION OIL STORAGE DEPOT OPERATED BY CHINA RESOURCES LTD.

THE TOWN'S SECOND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA AT TAI WAI IS BEING OPENED UP AND THE FIRST LOT WAS SOLD FOR $20 MILLION AT A PUBLIC AUCTION LAST JUNE.

+ THE BUYER HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED HIS BUILDING PLANS FOR A SEVEN-STOREY INDUSTRIAL BUILDING THAT WILL BE FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED AND WILL HAVE THE GROUND FLOOR AS A PRODUCTS DISPLAY AREA.

+ANOTHER TWO LOTS IN TAI WAI HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOLD BY TENDER TO HOLDERS OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS. TENDERS ARE IN FOR A FURTHER THREE SITES AND ANOTHER TWO LOTS WILL BE SOLD BY TENDER SHORTLY, MR. THOMPSON SAID.

SOUTHERN DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN BEGINS

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UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, THE REVEREND PATRICK MCGOVERN, TODAY CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO SHOW SYMPATHY TO DRUG ADDICTS AND NO SYMPATHY AT ALL TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS.

THE REV. MCGOVERN, WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS WHICH COORDINATES ALL ANTI-NARCOTICS WORK IN HONG KONG, WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG SOUTHERN DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN AT WONG CHUK HANG PLAYGROUND IN ABERDEEN,

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HE SAID ALTHOUGH DRUG ADDICTION IS ONE OF HONG KONG'S MOST SERIOUS SOCIAL PROBLEMS, IT HAS NOT ATTRACTED PUBLIC SYMPATHY TO THE SAME DEGREE AS OTHER PROBLEMS LIKE BLINDNESS OR PHYSICAL HANDICAP.

/HE SAID.....