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MONDAY, MAY 27, 1991

TRANSPORT OFFICIALS VISIT CHINA

HONG OFFICIALS

THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR ANDREW LEUNG, LEFT KONG THIS (MONDAY) MORNING WITH A DELEGATION OF GOVERNMENT ON A FACT-FINDING VISIT TO GUANGDONG, CHINA.

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THIS VISIT, WHICH WILL LAST UNTIL FRIDAY

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UP IS TO KEEP INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS IN GUANGDONG CHINESE OFFICIALS ON MATTERS OF COMMON INTEREST.

THE INFRASTRUCTURAL

DELEGATION WILL

VISIT A NUMBER FACILITIES IN VARIOUS

OF

CITIES

KEY INCLUDING AND WILL

TRANSPORT ZHUHAI,

MEET THE

ZHONGSHAN, FOSHAN, CANTON, DONGGUAN AND SHENZHEN LOCAL TRANSPORT OFFICIALS IN THOSE CITIES.

TUEN MUN FAST DEVELOPING INTO MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

WITH AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF QUALITY LABOUR IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND EXCELLENT INFRASTRUCTURAL LINKS WITH OTHER PARTS OF HONG KONG AND CHINA, TUEN MUN IS FAST DEVELOPING INTO A MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRE OFFERING ADVANTAGES UNPARALLELED INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN THE TERRITORY.

BY OTHER

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR WILFRED WONG, SAID THIS TODAY (MONDAY) WHEN HE OPENED PHASE III OF THE YKK INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN TUEN MUN.

HE SAID THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HIGH-GRADE INDUSTRIAL ACCOMMODATION TO CATER FOR YKK'S OWN EXPANSION, AND THAT OF TUEN MUN, HAD LED THE COMPANY TO EMBARK ON ITS AMBITIOUS BUILDING PROGRAMME.

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"TODAY, THE THREE YKK BUILDINGS STAND OUT AS LANDMARKS IN DEMONSTRATION OF TUEN MUN'S PROMINENCE IN HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES," HE SAID.

MR WONG SAID WITH HONG KONG MOVING TOWARDS MORE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY-INTENSIVE MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES, DEMAND FOR HIGH-GRADE FLATTED FACTORY BUILDINGS HAD BEEN INCREASING STEADILY.

"AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE

WHICH

INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS FIND IT NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO OPERATE IN ORDINARY MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS, HE SAID.

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MR WONG SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD THEREFORE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF INDUSTRY,

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