XN000022-1979-08-01 — Page 26

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1979

24

HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME WINS ITALIAN AWARD

*****

THE $1,348 MILLION HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME THE LARGEST PROJECT OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, HAS WON THE 1979 INGERSOLL-RAND ITALIA PRIZE.

THE PRIZE IS AWARDED ANNUALLY TO AN IMPORTANT PROJECT WITH SOCIAL, TECHNICAL AND ESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE AND WITH ITALIAN PARTICIPATION,

THE PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE IN MILAN ON OCTOBER 11.

WITH A STORAGE CAPACITY OF 273 MILLION CUBIC METRES, THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST SEABED RESERVOIR IN THE WORLD, WAS OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, ON NOVEMBER 27 LAST YEAR.

-

SHA TIN TOWN HOUSE SITE FOR AUCTION TOMORROW

******

THE AUCTION OF A PRIME SITE ON THE NORTHWESTERN SIDE OF THE SHA TIN VALLEY, WITH SWEEPING VIEWS OF THE RACE COURSE AND TIDE COVE, WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT 11 A.M. AT THE SHA TIN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL AND CONDUCTED BY THE DISTRICT'S SENIOR ESTATE SURVEYOR, MR. DON SMITH.

THE 724-SQUARE METRE SITE, EARMARKED FOR A TWO-STOREY TOWN HOUSE DEVELOPMENT. IS MIDWAY BETWEEN THE WESTERN END OF THE RACE COURSE AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY IN AN AREA KNOWN AS THE +JARDINE'S LOOKOUT OF SHA TIN.+

THE LOT - THE FIRST IN THE AREA TO BE PUT ON THE MARKET -- HAS EASY ACCESS TO KOWLOON AND OTHER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES VIA THE SHA TIN TRUNK ROAD.

ITS SALE CONDITIONS STIPULATE A PLOT RATIO OF 0.4 AND A BUILDING COVENANT OF $110,000 TO BE FULFILLED WITHIN 36 MONTHS.

NOTE TO EDITORSI

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE AUCTION OF THE SHA TIN TOWN HOUSE SITE TO BE HELD AT THE SHA TIN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL AT 11 A.M. TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

/25