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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1980

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TAI TAM RESIDENTIAL SITE SOLD

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A LARGE HIGH-CLASS PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL SITE AT RED HILL OFF TAI TAM ROAD HAS BEEN SOLD BY TENDER FOR ABOUT $1 300 MILLION.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE 135 000 SQUARE-METRE SITE WAS BOUGHT BY VERMILLION LAND CO. LTD.

A TOTAL OF FIVE TENDERS WERE RECEIVED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IT WAS THE LARGEST SINGLE HIGH- CLASS PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL SITE OFFERED FOR SALE IN URBAN AREA

IN RECENT YEARS.

WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED, IT WILL PROVIDE SOME 500 HIGH-CLASS UNITS OF ACCOMMODATION EACH WITH A FLOOR AREA OF NOT LESS THAN 240 SQUARE METRES.

NEW BUS SERVICE TO CHAI WAN

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THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY WILL INTRODUCE A NEW ROUTE, 81M FROM CHAI WAN (HING WAH) TO ADMIRALTY ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 22).

THE NEW ROUTE WILL OPERATE AT 10-MINUTE INTERVALS DURING PEAK HOURS AND 15 MINUTES, OFF PEAK.

BUS FARE FOR THE WHOLE JOURNEY WILL BE $1 WITH SECTION FARES OF 80 CENTS, 70 CENTS AND 50 CENTS RESPECTIVELY BETWEEN SHAU KEI WAN, QUARRY BAY, NORTH POINT AND ADMIRALTY.

THERE WILL BE HALF FARES FOR CHILDREN. STUDENT HALF FARE PASSES AND BUS COUPONS ARE VALID.

THE SERVICE WILL START AT 6.05 AM AT HING WAH ESTATE BUS TERMINUS AND FINISH AT 7.55 PM AT ADMIRALTY.

MEANWHILE THE SERVICE OF BUS ROUTE 20 BETWEEN SHAU KEI WAN AND CENTRAL (POTTINGER STREET) WILL BE EXTENDED TO 11 PM AT SHAU KEI WAN AND 11.45 PM AT POTTINGER STREET.

THE EVENING SERVICE WILL BE OPERATING DIRECT TO SHAU KEI WAN INSTEAD OF VIA TAI KOO SHING.

THE PEAK HOUR FREQUENCY OF BUS ROUTE 20 M BETWEEN SHAU KEJ WAN AND ADMIRALTY MTR STATION (EAST) WILL ALSO BE INCREASED FROM NINE MINUTES TO EIGHT MINUTES AND THE OFF-PEAK FREQUENCY FROM 15 MINUTES TO NINE MINUTES ON WEEKDAYS.

THE WEEKDAY