MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1980
SUPPLY IN YEAR
SQ M
80 700
96 200 97 300 122 600
TOTAL VACANT AT
DECEMBER OF YEAR
108 200
115 000
FLATTED FACTORIES
SUPPLY IN YEAR
SQ M 1 091 500
1 277 700 988 500 1 477 000
TOTAL VACANT AT
DECEMBER OF YEAR
472 800
581 000
STORAGE
SUPPLY IN YEAR
SQ M 95 400
235 100
68 700
297 100
TOTAL VACANT AT
DECEMBER OF YEAR
32 200
76 100
LABOUR MPS TOUR TSUEN WAN ****
TWO LABOUR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MR THOMAS COX AND MR ROBERT EDWARDS, VISITED TSUEN WAN THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING.
THE TWO ARRIVED IN HONG KONG YESTERDAY FOLLOWING 10 DAYS IN CHINA.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE TOWN MANAGER, MR JAMES HAYES, THEY TRAVELLED BY PUBLIC FERRY FROM HONG KONG ISLAND TO TSUEN WAN. THEY WALKED FROM THE FERRY PIER TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE, BEING BRIEFED ON THE WAY ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING THE TOWN HALL AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING PROJECTS.
THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE TOP OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE ROOF AND TO OTHER LOOKOUT POINTS IN KWAI CHUNG TO VIEW OLDER PARTS OF THE TOWN, AS WELL AS NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON TSING YI ISLAND AND RECLAMATION IN TSUEN WAN BAY,
AFTER MORE THAN TWO HOURS IN TSUEN WAN, THEY WENT TO THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS WHERE THEY WERE MET BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI, WHO BRIEFED THEM ON THE NEW TOWNS WHICH HE SAID WOULD HAVE A COMBINED POPULATION OF MORE THAN TWO MILLION BEFORE THE END OF THE DECADE.
THE MPS VISITED VARIOUS HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY WILL VISIT THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY SYSTEM TOMORROW (FRIDAY), LEAVING HONG KONG ON SATURDAY EVENING.
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