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SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1982

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ENFORCEMENT ACTION STEPPED UP AT BEACHES

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PEOPLE GOING ON OUTINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE WARNED AGAIN TODAY AGAINST LITTERING THE PUBLIC PLACES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT A LITTERING OFFENCE COULD RESULT IN A FINE OF AS MUCH AS $5 000 FOR THE WRONGDOER.

+KEEP YOUR PUBLIC BATHING BEACHES AND POPULAR PICNIC SPOTS AS CLEAN AS YOU FIND THEM, HE URGED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID MORE THAN 100 BEACHGOERS WERE CAUGHT FOR LITTERING OFFENCES IN CLEAR WATER BAY ALONE LAST MONTH, WHILE 10 000 BASKETS OF GARBAGE WERE COLLECTED DURING EIGHT SPECIAL CLEANSING OPERATIONS AT THE BEACH.

HE SAID NTSD CLEANSING STAFF REMOVED AN AVERAGE OF 2 400 BASKETS OF REFUSE DURING AND AFTER EACH WEEKEND AND PUBLIC HOLIDAY FROM POPULAR PICNIC SPOTS.

MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE WERE SUMMONSED FOR LITTERING OFFENCES WHILE HAVING THEIR FUN AT THE PICNIC SPOTS DURING THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, HE SAID.

HE URGED PEOPLE TO TAKE PLASTIC BAGS WITH THEM ON THE IR OUTINGS FOR DISPOSAL OF LITTER AND TO USE THE LITTER BINS PROVIDED ON THE BEACHES AND PICNIC SPOTS.

HONG KONG LAND SUBSIDIARY GETS WAN CHAI SITE

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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) AWARDED A TENDER FOR A 2 489-SQUARE-METRE SITE NEXT TO CHINA FLEET CLUB IN WAN CHAI TO MAGENTA LAND CO. LTD., A SUBSIDIARY OF HONG KONG LAND CO. LTD.

THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT (DISPOSAL)

MR DUNCAN SCOTT-WILL, SAID THAT THE SITE, BOUNDED BY GLOUCESTER ROAD, FENWICK STREET, JAFFE ROAD AND CHINA FLEET CLUB, IS FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES, EXCLUDING PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL, HOTEL AND GODOWN USES.

THE COMPANY BID $376 500 000 FOR THE SITE, THE HIGHEST OF SEVEN TENDERS RECEIVED.

THE PURCHASER HAS TO PAY $5 MILLION ON ACCEPTANCE OF THE TENDER AND THE BALANCE OF THE PREMIUM WITHIN ONE MONTH.

UNDER THE BUILDING COVENANT, THE BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE SITE SHOULD BE COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE JULY 1986 AND THAT THE PURCHASER SHOULD SPEND A SUM OF NOT LESS THAN $75 MILLION ON THE DEVELOPMENT.

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