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TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1983

FIRMS TO BE ASKED ABOUT MOVING FROM CENTRAL AREA

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ABOUT 600 COMMERCIAL FIRMS FROM VARIOUS SECTORS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS WILL BE ASKED THEIR VIEWS ABOUT MOVING +TO LESS CENTRAL LOCATIONS+.

THE VIEWS ARE BEING SOUGHT BY THE STRATEGIC PLANNING UNIT OF THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH, WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTING A SURVEY WITH THE AIM OF IDENTIFYING THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES WHICH COULD BE ENCOURAGED TO +DECENTRALISE+, DR TED PRYOR, GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER OF THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH, SAID TODAY.

THE COMPANIES WILL ALSO BE ASKED ABOUT THEIR BASIC CHARACTERISTICS, THEIR PAST MOBILITY RECORDS, AND THE FACTORS THEY CONSIDERED IN THEIR CHOICE OF LOCATIONS, DR PRYOR SAID.

+THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY, WHICH WILL BE HELD BETWEEN JULY 11 AND AUGUST 1, WILL ALSO HELP THE GOVERNMENT IN DETERMINING A LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR THE TERRITORY, DR PRYOR SAID.

HE STRESSED THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD BE HANDLED IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE AND WOULD BE PRESENTED ONLY IN AGGREGATE IN THE FINAL ANAYLSIS.

DR PRYOR ALSO APPEALED FOR THE COMPANIES' COOPERATION WHEN THEY ARE APPROACHED BY INTERVIEWERS FOR THE SURVEY.

$9 MILLION FOR SCHOOL AND LANDSCAPE ****

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS SPENDING $8.73 MILLION TO PROVIDE MORE EDUCATIONAL AND LANDSCAPED FACILITIES IN ITS NEW PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS UNDER FOUR CONTRACTS SIGNED TODAY BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (CONSTRUCTION), MR FRED PANG YUK-LING.

THE LARGEST CONTRACT OF $7.1 MILLION IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL, THE SECOND ONE AT KWONG FUK ESTATE IN TAI PO NEW TOWN.

TAKING ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES DRAINAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS FOR THE SCHOOL.

KWONG FUK ESTATE IS BEING DEVELOPED IN THREE PHASES TO PROVIDE EIGHT RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS WITH 6 314 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS FOR ABOUT 27 600 PEOPLE WHEN FULLY COMPLETED IN 1985.

THE FIRST PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE ESTATE WILL SOON BE COMPLETED FOR THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR IN LINE WITH THE COMPLETION OF THREE RENTAL BLOCKS UNDER ITS FIRST PHASE AND EIGHT HOME OWNERSHIP BLOCKS IN ITS ADJOINING WANG FUK COURT NEXT MONTH.

THREE OTHER CONTRACTS TOTALLING $1.59 MILLION SIGNED TODAY ARE FOR LANDSCAPING WORK FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP SIU HONG COURT AND PHASE IA AND IIA OF THE SHUN ON RENTAL ESTATE.

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