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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1988

MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 ARE CONTAINED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT" FOR JANUARY TO MARCH 1988, WHICH IS NOW ON SALE THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRE, AT $22 PER COPY.

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ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 5-8234887.

OPEN SPACE TO BE DEVELOPED IN SALISBURY ROAD

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NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT THE NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN SPACE IN SALISBURY ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI, ARE NOW UNDERWAY.

THE GREENLIGHT FOR NEGOTIATIONS WAS GIVEN RECENTLY BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WHEN IT AGREED TO THE GRANTING OF A PRIVATE TREATY GRANT ΤΟ THE NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPEN SPACE BETWEEN THE REGENT HOTEL AND THE FUTURE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE IN SALISBURY ROAD.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPRISE A PUBLIC GARDEN, AN UNDERGROUND SHOPPING MALL OF 15,060 SQUARE METRES, A CARPARK FOR 250 CARS AND TWO PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS UNDER SALISBURY ROAD.

"THE CARPARK, ACCESS TO WHICH WILL BE THROUGH THE NEW WORLD CENTRE CARPARK, WILL BE OF GREAT CONVENIENCE NOT ONLY TO PATRONS OF THE CULTURAL CENTRE BUT ALSO TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, A BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

"THE GARDEN, WITH AN IMAGINATIVE DESIGN INCORPORATING AN AQUARIUM, WILL ENHANCE THE NATURALLY ATTRACTIVE WATERFRONT SETTING OF THE CULTURAL CENTRE.

"THE OPEN SPACE WILL ALSO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN

MOVEMENT IN THE

AREA."

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPEN SPACE IS TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE OPENING OF THE CULTURAL CENTRE AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

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