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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1982

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MP VISITS FACTORIES

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MR MICHAEL JOPLING, UK PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TOURED A FOOD PRODUCTS FACTORY AND A TEXTILÉS FACTORY IN KOWLOON.

ACCOMPANIED BY MR T.K. TSE, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY, MR AND MRS JOPLING VISITED WINNER FOOD PRODUCTS LTD AT KWAI CHUNG WHERE THEY WERE MET BY THE COMPANY'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR HARRY WONG, AND OTHER SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT.

WINNER FOOD PRODUCTS LTD, ESTABLISHED IN 1969, PRODUCES CHINESE FROZEN DIM-SUM, SPRING ROLL PASTRY AND INSTANT NOODLES FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MARKETS IN NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA.

MR AND MRS JOPLING ALSO VISITED LEIGHTON TEXTILES CO LTD AT CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD, WHERE THEY WERE GREETED BY THE COMPANY'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR HENRY LEUNG, WHO ESCORTED THEM ON A TOUR OF THE FACTORY.

THE COMPANY, ESTABLISHED IN 1959, IS ONE OF THE LARGEST GARMENT MANUFACTURERS IN HONG KONG. IT PRODUCES TROUSERS, SHORTS, JACKETS AND WAISTCOATS FOR EXPORT TO THE USA, EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA.

TSUEN WAN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR SITES SOLD

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ALL 208 STALLS FOR THE FORTHCOMING TSUEN WAN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR WERE SOLD AT ABOVE THE UPSET PRICE AT A PUBLIC AUCTION TODAY.

TSUEN WAN FAIR IS THE LARGEST FAIR TO BE HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR A SITE FOR SALE OF WET GOODS WAS $2 400 AND FOR SALE OF DRY GOODS WAS $1 300. THE UPSET PRICE WAS $50.

THE AUCTION, ORGANISED BY THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICE OF TSUEN WAN, WAS HELD AT THE AUDITORIUM OF THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

THE TSUEN WAN LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR WILL BE HELD AT THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND FROM JANUARY 18 TO 25.

THE LAST 126 STALLS FOR THE KWAI CHUNG LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR WILL BE AUCTIONED AT KWAI FONG COMMUNITY HALL AT LAI FONG STREET, KWAI CHUNG, FROM 9 AM TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

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