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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1978

DECLARATION OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

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IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS ARE REMINDED TO LODGE TRADE DECLARATIONS AND PAY AD VALOREM CHARGES ON ALL IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, OTHER THAN THOSE GOODS EXEMPTED UNDER THE IMPORT AND EXPORT (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS, WITHIN 14 DAYS OF IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION.

THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT WARNED IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS THAT PROSECUTIONS WOULD BE INITIATED AGAINST THOSE WHO, WITHOUT REASONABLE EXCUSE, FAIL TO LODGE THE NECESSARY TRADE DECLARATIONS.

TRADE DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED OUTSIDE THE PRESCRIBED PERIOD WOULD BE LIABLE, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER NOTICE, TO PENALTY CHARGES WHICH MAY RISE, AFTER TWO MONTHS, TO A MAXIMUM OF $100 PER DECLARATION WHERE TOTAL VALUE OF ARTICLES SPECIFIED DID NOT EXCEED $20,000, AND TO A MAXIMUM OF $200 PER DECLARATION WHERE THE TOTAL VALUE OF ARTICLES SPECIFIED EXCEEDED $20,000, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT ADDED.

PLAN TO BUILD THREE-STOREY HOUSES IN TUEN MUN ******

MORE THAN 80 THREE-STOREY HOUSES ARE TO BE BUILT IN TUEN MUN AS PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN AREA.

A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) IT WAS PLANNED TO COMPLETE 18 HOUSES BY JANUARY 1980, AND ANOTHER 64 BY SEPTEMBER THAT YEAR.

HE EXPLAINED THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW HOUSES WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN AS PART OF THE TUEN MUN REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME.

+SOME EXISTING HOUSES WILL HAVE TO BE RESITED TO MAKE WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ONE AREA OF THE NEW TOWN, HE SAID.

TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSES WILL BE INVITED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

THE PROJECT INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF THE 82 HOUSES IN TWO PHASES WITH WORK STARTING NEXT MARCH.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID, THE HOUSES WOULD BE THREE STOREYS HIGH AND EACH FLOOR WOULD BE SELF-CONTAINED. THEY WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THOSE BEING BUILT ON TSING YI ISLAND, AND THOSE ALREADY COMPLETED IN SHAM TSENG STAGE TWO.

SITE FORMATION BY ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, HE SAID, IS DUE TO BE FINISHED BY THE END OF FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR,

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