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MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1985

SAFETY CONTEST WINNERS GET CASH PRIZES

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A TOTAL OF $29 000 IN CASH PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO WINNERS OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.

THE COMPETITION, CO-ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE SING TAO NEWSPAPER LIMITED, WAS AIMED AT PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION.

THE TOP PRIZE WINNER, MR CHING YUEN-FAI WILL RECEIVE A CASH COUPON OF $10 000. THE RUNNERS-UP, MR NG YUEN-WAI, WILL RECEIVE A $5 000 COUPON AND THE NEXT PRIZE WINNER, MISS FÓK YIM-CHAU WILL GET A $3 000 COUPON.

IN ADDITION, CASH COUPONS OF $500 AND $200 WILL BE AWARDED TO 40 OTHER WINNERS.

THE PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR DARWIN CHEN, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, AT A CEREMONY AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL MAIN CONCOURSE, AT 11 AM ON MAY 1. A FIVE-DAY EXHIBITION OF THE WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE HELD AFTER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY.

MORE THAN 1 000 ENTRIES WERE SUBMITTED, AND THE WINNERS WERE CHOSEN LAST WEEK.

TENDER AWARDED FOR HAPPY VALLEY SITE

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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY AWARDED A TENDER FOR A 2 516-SQUARE- METRE SITE NEAR SING WOO ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY, TO HAYNES ESTATES LIMITED, A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF CHEUNG KONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED.

THE GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT (HONG KONG), MR T. J. MILLS SAID THE SITE, SITUATED BEHIND THE TWO PETROL FILLING STATIONS ON SING WOO ROAD, IS FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES WITH GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION BEING PROVIDED ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND A PUBLIC CAR PARK ABOVE FOR NOT LESS THAN 200 VEHICLES.

HE SAID CONSIDERABLE INTEREST WAS SHOWN BY PROPERTY DEVELOPERS AND THE COMPANY'S BID FOR THE SITE WAS THE HIGHEST OF 11 TENDERS RECEIVED.

THE PURCHASER HAD TO PAY $1 MILLION ON ACCEPTANCE OF THE TENDER AND THE BALANCE OF THE PREMIUM WITHIN ONE MONTH.

UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF SALE, THE BUYER WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE

THE WHOLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN FOUR YEARS.

MR MILLS SAID THAT IN VIEW OF THE GOOD RESPONSE RECEIVED FOR THE HAPPY VALLEY SITE, CONSIDERABLE INTEREST COULD BE EXPECTED FROM PROPERTY DEVELOPERS AT THURSDAY'S AUCTION FOR THE QUEENSWAY SITE.

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