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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1966

DUE TO ITS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION AND THE TOWN CENTRE, 5.5 HECTARES OF LAND NEAR SHEUNG WO CHE HAS BEEN REZONED

THE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS AN EXTENSION OF THE TOWN CENTRE. BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE TOWN CENTRE AND THE TOWN PARK HAS ALSO BEEN READJUSTED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD SAID ONE AMENDMENT WAS THE REZONING OF AN AREA TO THE NORTH-EAST OF CITY ONE FROM +OPEN SPACE+ TO +COMMERCIAL+.

HE SAID THIS WAS TO ALLOW THE BUILDING OF A PERMANENT CONCRETE +FLOATING+ RESTAURANT BY THE SEAWALL OF SHING MUN RIVER CHAṆA JUST OFF SHA TIN CITY ONE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WAS EXPECTED · TO MAKE ITS MARK ON THE NEW TOWN.

OTHER AMENDMENTS ARE RELATED TO THE REZONƑUS DE REANNOTATION ~;

THESE OF CERTAIN SITES TO REFLECT THEIR EXISTING OR PLANTED USES. INCLUDE THE TOWN CENTRE, THE EXISTING TAI CHE VIENE AND ITS ENVIRONS, AND THE EXISTING KCR HO TUNG LAU DEPOT AND TH" JUBILEE GARDENS DEVELOPMENT ABOVE IT.

APRIL ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL FIGURES OUT

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THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND (IN TERMS OF MONTHS) IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED IN APRIL 1986 COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY MILEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ORDERS-ON-HAND WAS REPORTED BY THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. INCREASES IN ORDERS WERE ALSO REPORTED BY THE WEARING APPAREL, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. BUT THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY REPORTED A DECLINE IN THE ORDERS POSITION.

COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH, THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WAS STABLE. SLIGHT INCREASES IN EMPLOYMENT WERE RECORDED FOR THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS AND THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES DECLINED SLIGHTLY.

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