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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1982
+ABOUT 12 PLOTS OF CROWN LAND ARE BEING LEASED OUT TEMPORARILY FOR VEHICLE REPAIRS AND PAINT SPRAYING, ONE PLOT FOR OPEN STORAGE INCLUDING EMPTY CONTAINERS, ANOTHER FOR BATCHING PLANTS CONCRETE AND A 5 000 SQUARE METRES SITE WILL BE MARKETED FOR A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK AND CAR-REPAIRING PURPOSES, MR HO SAID.
LAND OWNERS COULD ALSO APPLY FOR SHORT-TERM WAIVERS FOR STORAGE PURPOSES ON PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND ON WHICH PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT COULD NOT TAKE PLACE FOR THE TIME BEING, PROVIDED THE APPLICATION MET WITH THE NECESSARY CRITERIA.
+AS FAR AS YUEN LONG IS CONCERNED NO FURTHER LICENCES WILL BE ISSUED FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES, MR HO SAID.
MR HO SAID. +LEASE ENFORCEMENT AND CROWN LAND CONTROL WILL ALSO BE STEPPED UP.+
MR HO SAID THAT THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY WAS BEING LOOKED INTO BY THE NORTH-WEST NEW TERRITORIES CONSULTANTS AND THE IR REPORTS WERE EXPECTED SOME TIME NEXT YEAR.
MEANWHILE, THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, HE SAID, WOULD CONTINUE TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN TURNING YUEN LONG INTO A MORE DYNAMIC AND BALANCED COMMUNITY.
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MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY AND TRADE, WHO ARE IN HONG KONG FOR A FOUR-DAY VISIT, TODAY (MONDAY) TOOK Á HELICOPTER TOUR OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE 11-MEMBER DELEGATION WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, DR RICHARD BUTLER.
THE PARTY LATER LANDED AT TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR VICTOR W. MILLER, ON THE WORK OF THE CORPORATION.
THEY ALSO VISITED AN ELECTRONICS FACTORY AT THE ESTATE AND CARPET FACTORY IN TAI PO.
THE DELEGATION ARRIVED IN HONG KONG ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 13) AND WILL LEAVE FOR KUALA LUMPUR TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.
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