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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1988

RISKS,

"A LIMITED QUANTITY OF SAMPLE STICKERS, WITH PRESCRIBED SAFETY INFORMATION AND SYMBOLS, ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE CENTRE FOR FACTORY PROPRIETORS, MR YIP ADDED.

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ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE REGULATIONS MAY BK MADE TO THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION ON 5-8524065.

RAPID INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN TUEN MUN

THE NUMBER OF FACTORIES IN THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN HAS INCREASED FROM SLIGHTLY OVER 100 IN THE EARLY 1980'S TO MORE THAN 1,500 NOW.

THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JOHN WAN, SAID THIS TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AN EXHIBITION ON LABOUR LAW IN TUEN MUN TOWN PLAZA.

PROVIDED 129

HECTARES

MR WAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY OF INDUSTRIAL LAND SINCE

SINCE 1970 AND ANOTHER 90 HECTARES WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

"THIS AIMS AT DEVELOPING DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDUSTRIES APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS TO SUFFICIENT JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WORKFORCE," MR WAN SAID.

IN THE PROVIDE

REFERRING TO AREAS NINE AND 12 WHERE LIGHT INDUSTRIES ARE CONCENTRATED, MR WAN NOTED THAT THE TOTAL FLOOR SPACE IN 1985 WAS 1,300,000 SQ. METRES WITH A 15 PER CENT VACANCY RATE.

SPACE NOW WAS AROUND

1,470,000 SQ. METRES, OF WHICH ONLY SIX

PER CENT WAS VACANT.

MR WAN ALSO ADDED THAT BY 1992, THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE 14 NEW INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.

HE NOTED THAT THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY HAD EXPERIENCED A RAPID GROWTH IN THE DISTRICT, FOLLOWED BY ELECTRONICS, METALS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES.

MR WAN ALSO HIGHLIGHTED A 2.9-HECTARE

AREA 17.

INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN

UPON COMPLETION, THIS WOULD PROVIDE A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 150,000 SQ. METRES FOR MANUFACTURING FIRMS AND ANOTHER 9,000 SQ. METRES FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL USAGE, RANGING FROM OFFICE, SHOWROON, CANTEEN, RESTAURANT, SHOP, NURSERY TO ENTERTAINMENT VENUE.

BANK,

/REGARDING LARGE-SCALE