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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1987

DLO OFFERS TO HELP CONTAINER TRUCK DRIVERS

AN ASSURANCE THAT THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT PARKING SPACES FOR CONTAINER TRUCKS IN THE KWAI CHUNG/TSING YI AREA WAS MADE TODAY

(TUESDAY) BY THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER, MR LYALL ALEXANDER WEBBER.

I'VE HELPED THEM BEFORE TO RESOLVE THEIR PROBLEM AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO HELP THEM OUT AGAIN,' HE SAID.

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IN AUGUST THIS YEAR, MR ALEXANDER WEBBER HELPED THE CONTAINER TRACTOR OWNERS ASSOCIATION BY OFFERING THEM A 2.89-HECTARE SITE ADJACENT TO KWAI CHUNG ROAD ON A SIX-MONTH TENANCY FOR USE AS A CONTAINER VEHICLE PARK WITH CERTAIN STIPULATIONS.

"THE NORMAL PRACTICE IS TO LET BY TENDER BUT IN ORDER TO THE ASSOCIATION RESOLVE THE PROBLEM OF PARKING FOR THEIR MEMBERS, Ι MADE IT AN EXCEPTION," HE SAID.

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THE STIPULATIONS WERE THAT 1,540 SQUARE METRES OF THE PARKING SITE WERE TO BE RETURNED ΤΟ GOVERNMENT IN JANUARY, 1988 FOR THE CONTRUCTION OF A CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT. AND, ON THE EXPIRATION OF THE SHORT-TERM TENANCY, THE REMAINING SITE OF ABOUT 2.7 HECTARES WILL BE LET BY TENDER ON SHORT-TERM TENANCY FOR CONTAINER VEHICLE PARKING.

THE CHAIRMAN AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION WERE FULLY AWARE OF THESE CONDITIONS WHEN THEY WERE OFFERED THE SITE, MR ALEXANDER WEBBER SAID.

"IF THEY WISH TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE CAR PARK, THEY CAN TENDER FOR THE TENANCY LIKE ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES," HE SAID.

THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE WILL CARRY OUT A SURVEY WITHIN THESE FEW DAYS TO CHECK ON THE ACTUAL NEED OF PARKING SPACES FOR CONTAINER TRUCKS.

IF THERE IS A DEMAND FOR ADDITIONAL SPACES LANDS OFFICE WILL PUT IN HAND ARRANGEMENTS FOR SITES ALREADY RESERVED FOR CONTAINER PARKING ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE IN MID-1988.

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