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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1986

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BIDDING FOR AN INDUSTRIAL SITE NEAR ON LOK TSUEN, FANLING, STARTED AT $1.5 MILLION. IT WAS BOUGHT BY DORMIND LIMITED FOR $6 MILLION.

UNDER THE SALE CONDITIONS, A MINIMUM OF 6 087 SQUARE METRES OF GROSS FLOOR AREA MUST BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 30, 1990, ON THE 2 029-SQUARE-METRE SITE.

THE LAST SITE, ALSO SITUATED NEAR ON LOK TSUEN AND FOR INDUSTRIAL OR GODOWN DEVELOPMENT WAS SOLD TO JETIC LIMITED FOR $5 MILLION, THE PRICE AT WHICH BIDDING OPENED.

UNDER LEASE CONDITIONS, NOT LESS THAN 5 070 SQUARE METRES OF GROSS FLOOR AREA MUST BE BUILT ON THE 1 690 SQUARE METRE SITE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30, 1990,

COMMENTING ON THE SALE RESULTS, THE AUCTIONEER, GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT MR TIM MILLS, OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS

DEPARTMENT, SAID IT WAS A VERY GOOD AUCTION AND THE PRICES WERE ABOUT WHAT HE EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE.

RATING SYSTEM FOR FACTORY INSPECTION SATISFACTORY

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THE RATING SYSTEM USED AT PRESENT TO ESTABLISH THE PRIORITIES FOR ROUTINE INSPECTION OF FACTORIES IS WORKING SATISFACTORILY, CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, MR YIP YUK-LUN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

INDIVIDUAL FACTORIES WERE RATED ACCORDING TO THEIR HAZARD POTENTIAL AS DETERMINED BY A SERIES OF FACTORS, HE SAID.

THESE INCLUDED THE NATURE OF THE PREMISES AND THE INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES INVOLVED, THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PLANT, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND THE PAST RECORD OF ACCIDENTS AND PROSECUTIONS.

+ THE GREATER THE POTENTIAL HAZARD ASSESSED ON THIS BASIS, THE HIGHER THE NUMBER OF POINTS AWARDED AND THE HIGHER THE FREQUENCY OF INSPECTION, HE SAID.

ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG ISLAND EAST, MR YIP NOTED THAT OF THE 194 FACTORY INSPECTORS ON THE DEPARTMENT'S ESTABLISHMENT, 120 WERE ASSIGNED TO INSPECTION OF FACTORIES.

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