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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1984

THE VISITORS TOOK GREAT INTEREST IN THE HIGH-RISE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND WERE FASCINATED BY THE GREAT HEIGHTS OF THE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS,

ONE OF THE DELEGATES, A PROFESSOR OF KINKI UNIVERSITY, JAPAN, MR HARUO NAGAMINE, SAID: +1 AM IMPRESSED BY THE TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENTS MADE SINCE I LAST VISITED HONG KONG 15 YEARS AGO.

+HOWEVER, DESPITE THE VARIOUS FAVOURABLE ARRANGEMENTS, THE PRICE FOR PURCHASING A FLAT IS STILL EXPENSIVE, AND HAS ALMOST REACHED THE JAPANESE STANDARD.+

AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN ONE-AND-A-HALF HOURS SEEING THE VARIOUS FACILITIES AT THE TWO ESTATES, INCLUDING THE HOME OWNERSHIP KING TIN COURT, THE VISITORS WENT TO LUNCH AT A RESTAURANT IN THE WO CHE COMMERCIAL CENTRE.

AFTER LUNCH, THE PARTY WAS TAKEN TO THE LIONS PAVILION IN SHA TIN WHERE THEY HAD A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TOWN.

LATEST TAXI TENDER RESULTS ANNOUNCED

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED PROCESSING THE LATEST TENDERS FOR 300 URBAN AND 150 NEW TERRITORIES TAXI LICENCES,

A TOTAL OF 448 TENDERS FOR URBAN TAXI LICENCES WERE RECEIVED WHEN THE OFFER CLOSED ON JULY 20, 1984.

THE HIGHEST TENDER ACCEPTED WAS $168 800 AND THE LOWEST, $163 699.

THE AVERAGE PREMIUM OF $164 886 REPRESENTED A 4.9 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS TENDERS.

A TOTAL OF 138 TENDERS WERE LODGED FOR NEW TERRITORIES TAXI LICENCES.

SUCCESSFUL BIDS RANGED FROM $19 980 TO $500, GIVING AN AVERAGE OF $8 866, AN INCREASE OF 17.7 PER CENT ON THE PREVIOUS TENDERS.

DETAILS OF SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS AND THE AMOUNTS OFFERED WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

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