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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1993

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'THE GAZETTING OF THIS NOTICE IS THEREFORE PART OF OUR STEP-BY- STEP APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME. IT DEMONSTRATES THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THE WHOLE OF THE AIRPORT RAILWAY PROJECT IS UNDIMINISHED, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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THE PURPOSE OF PUBLISHING THE GAZETTE NOTICE IS ΤΟ ESTABLISH WHAT LEGITIMATE RIGHTS OR INTERESTS MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY THE WORKS, WITH CLAIMS TO BE CONSIDERED AND DEALT WITH IN DUE COURSE.

THE AREA INVOLVED COVERS ABOUT 16.7 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED ALONG THE ALIGNMENT OF THE TUNNEL..

ANY PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT HE HAS AN INTEREST, RIGHT OR EASEMENT IN OR OVER THE FORESHORE OR SEABED INVOLVED MAY SUBMIT A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS WITHIN TWO MONTHS, THAT IS ON OR BEFORE MAY 12, 1993.

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THE SUBMISSION SHOULD DESCRIBE THE INTEREST, RIGHT OR EASEMENT OF THE OBJECTOR AND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT IS CLAIMED THAT HE WILL AFFECTED.

THE NOTICE (IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE) TOGETHER WITH ITS RELATED PLAN NO. KM4942 WILL BE DISPLAYED ON NOTICE BOARDS NEAR THE SITE.

THE PLAN CAN ALSO BE INSPECTED AT THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT SURVEY AND MAPPING OFFICE, 14TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG (WHERE COPIES CAN BE PURCHASED ON ORDER); THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, GROUND FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL; AND THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT OFFICE, GROUND FLOOR, MIDDLE ROAD CARPARK BUILDING, 15 MIDDLE ROAD, KOWLOON.

HK A KEY REGIONAL CENTRE

OVERSEAS COMPANIES HAVE SET UP 1,345 REGIONAL OPERATIONS IN HONG KONG, A

A RECENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT REVEALS.

THE 1992 SURVEY OF REGIONAL REPRESENTATION BY OVERSEAS COMPANIES IN HONG KONG IDENTIFIED 588 REGIONAL

AND 757 REGIONAL OFFICES AS AT JUNE 1 LAST YEAR.

HEADQUARTERS

THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, MR T H BARMA, SAID THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF SURVEYS BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT REGIONAL REPRESENTATION BY OVERSEAS COMPANIES IN HONG KONG.

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THIS WAS ΤΟ STUDY

REGIONAL

IN THE LAST SURVEY CONDUCTED IN 1991 A TOTAL OF 602 HEADQUARTERS AND 278 REGIONAL OFFICES OF OVERSEAS COMPANIES WERE IDENTIFIED IN HONG KONG.

MR BARMA EMPHASISED, HOWEVER, THAT CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON WAS MADE ON THE BASIS OF THE RESULTS OF THESE SURVEYS.

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