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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1984
TRADE SECRETARY VISITS SHA TIN
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THE VISITING JOINT PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE BRITISH
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, SIR BRIAN HAYES, THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING LOOKED AT DEVELOPMENTS IN SHA TIN,
SIR BRIAN FIRST HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE NEW TOWN FROM THE LION'S PAVILION WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (DEVELOPMENT), MR PAUL TANG, AND THE SENIOR TOWN PLANNER (SHA TIN), MR S.M. LAŬ.
HE WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN DEVELOPMENTS AT THE TWO INDUSTRIAL ESTATES IN FO TAN AND TAI WAI AND LEARNED THAT MORE THAN 20 000 JOBS WERE BEING PROVIDED BY FACTORIES THERE.
MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE CREATED UPON THE COMPLETION OF ANOTHER TWO INDUSTRIAL SITES NEAR SIU LEK YUEN VALLEY.
ACCORDING TO MR TANG, PARTICULAR ATTENTION HAD BEEN PAID TO THE DESIGN AND LAYOUTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES WHICH ARE LOCATED AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
HE TOLD SIR BRIAN THAT OBNOXIOUS TRADES WERE NOT PERMITTED IN THE NEW TOWN, AND THAT THERE WERE STRICT POLLUTION CONTROLS ON INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT.
SPECIALISED JOBS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE JOCKEY CLUB IN SHA TIN, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WORKSHOPS.
THE POPULATION OF SHA TIN IS EXPECTED TO GROW FROM ITS PRESENT 240 000 TO 610 000 IN THE EARLY 1990S.
SIR BRIAN ARRIVED IN HONG KONG ON JANUARY 22 AND WILL LEAVE TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
ENDANGERED ANIMALS RETURN TO CHINA
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AN UNUSUAL CONSIGNMENT OF ANIMALS, ALL ENDANGERED SPECIES, WAS TRANSPORTED TODAY ACROSS THE BORDER AT MAN KAM TO TO CHINA, DESTINED FOR THE GUANGZHOU ZOO FOR BREEDING AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
THIS EVENT WAS THE CULMINATION OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AND THE CHINESE OFFICE ADMINISTERING THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS (CITES), WHEREBY THESE ANIMALS WHICH HAD COME INTO THE POSSESSION OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS A RESULT OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION UNDER LOCAL LEGISLATION, WOULD BE SENT TO CHINA,
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