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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1993

NEW EDITION OF THE 'NAMES OF BUILDINGS' BOOK

A NEW EDITION OF THE 'NAMES OF BUILDINGS' BOOK REPLACING THE ONE PUBLISHED IN 1990 IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.

THE BOOK, AT $75 A COPY, CONTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF BUILDING NAMES WITH ADDRESSES BOTH IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH.

FOR EASY REFERENCE, THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS.

PART ONE COMPRISES BUILDING NAMES IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON; PART TWO GIVES BUILDING NAMES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, INCLUDING THE OUTLYING ISLANDS. AN INDEX OF CHINESE NAMES PRECEDES EACH PART.

COMMENTING ON THE NEW EDITION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT SAID:

RECORDED AND THE WITH GOVERNMENT

"ABOUT 15,000 BUILDING NAMES HAVE NOW BEEN BOOK SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE POPULAR NOT ONLY DEPARTMENTS BUT ALSO WITH PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESSES."

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HE ADDED THAT WHILE THERE WAS NO LEGISLATION CONTROLLING THE USE OF BUILDING NAMES, THE BOOK WOULD HELP OWNERS

DEVELOPERS AVOID DUPLICATION WHEN NAMING THEIR BUILDINGS.

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NEW MINIBUS SERVES WONG TAI SIN RESIDENTS

A NEW GREEN MINIBUS ROUTE 55 PLYING BETWEEN SAN PO KONG AND TIN COURT WILL COME INTO SERVICE THIS SATURDAY (DECEMBER 11), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED.

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THE CIRCULAR ROUTE WILL RUN FROM HONG KEUNG STREET, SAN PO KONG WONG TAI SIN LOWER ESTATE, TIN MA COURT, WANG TAU HOM ESTATE AND BACK TO HONG KEUNG STREET.

IT WILL SERVE COMMUTERS FROM 6.30 AM TO 10.30 PM DAILY AT FREQUENCIES OF SEVEN TO EIGHT MINUTES.

THE FARE FROM SAN PO KONG TO TIN MA COURT WILL BE $3.30. A SECTION FARE OF $2.50 WILL BE CHARGED FOR PASSENGERS TRAVELLING FROM TUNG TAU TSUEN ROAD TO TIN MA COURT OR SAN PO KONG.

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