XN000022-1982-03-12 — Page 5

FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1982

SIXTY SITES TO BE SOLD IN NEXT SIX MONTHS

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THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO SELL 60 SITES IN THE URBAN AREA AND NEW TERRITORIES IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER.

THE ACTING PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT, MR D.M. SCOTT-WILL, TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE PROVISIONAL SALES FORECAST AND NOTED THAT THE TOTAL AREA OF LAND TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 782 800 SQUARE METRES.

IN THE URBAN AREA, ONE SITE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IS LOCATED IN VICTORIA BARRACKS, FRONTING QUEENSWAY, WHERE DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPRISE THREE TOWER BLOCKS OVER A PODIUM, WITH AN OPTION TO DEVELOP THE LARGEST OF THE THREE TOWERS AS AN HOTEL.

A SECOND LARGE SITE IS AT 39 AND 40 GLOUCESTER ROAD, TO THE EAST OF THE CHINA FLEET CLUB, WHICH CAN BE DEVELOPED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES FOLLOWING DEMOLITION OF THE POLICE STATION AND NURSES HOSTEL WHICH AT PRESENT OCCUPY THE SITE.

A TOTAL OF FIVE SITES FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE, ALL OF WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION.

IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, TENDERS WILL BE INVITED FOR A SITE OF ABOUT 40 HECTARES AT SO KWUN WAT, TUEN MUN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MARINA. OF THE TOTAL SITE AREA OF 40 HECTARES, ABOUT 21 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE FORMED AFTER RECLAMATION, AND THE BALANCE OF THE AREA WILL BE FOR MOORINGS.

IN SHA TIN, TWO IMPORTANT TOWN CENTRE SITES ARE TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE, ONE FÖR HOTEL DEVELOPMENT AND THE OTHER FOR OFFICES.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO BE INVITING TENDERS FOR SIX SITES FOR MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME. TWO OF THESE SITES ARE LOCATED IN CHAI WAN, ONE IN KOWLOON BAY NEXT TO THE KAI YIP ESTATE, ONE IN HAMMER HILL ROAD, KOWLOON, AND ONE EACH IN TAI PO AND YUEN LONG.

MR SCOTT-WILL SAID THAT THE SALES PROGRAMME WAS PROVISIONAL, AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. SALE DATES WOULD BE ANNOUNCED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE AND NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE NORMAL WAY.

COPIES OF THE LAND SALES FORECAST MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, MURRAY BUILDING, 18TH FLOOR, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG AND THE KOWLOON BRANCH OFFICE, 10TH FLOOR, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.

PLANS SHOWING THE LOCATION OF LOTS CAN BE SEEN AT THE ABOVE ADDRESSES.

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