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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1994

FEAST FOR 1,600 ELDERLY IN NORTH DISTRICT

ABOUT 1,600 ELDERLY PEOPLE AGED ABOVE 65 IN NORTH DISTRICT WILL BE TREATED TO A FEAST AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT FOR THEM TOMORROW (MONDAY).

SPONSORED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD, THE FEAST IS ARRANGED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT ELDERLY ACTIVITIES EVERY YEAR AND IS ONE OF THE MAJOR THE DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE FOR ACTIVITIES IN

ENTERTAINMENT LIKE CHINESE OPERAS AND LUCKY DRAWS WILL ALSO BE

OFFERED.

TWENTY-TWO OF THE OLDEST WILL BE PRESENTED WITH GOLD MEDALS BY THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TIMOTHY TONG: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD, MR RAYMOND PANG; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTH DISTRICT COMMITTEE FOR ELDERLY ACTIVITIES, MR BRIAN KAN.

THEY INCLUDE LI SAU-NGAN, AGED 101; YU SUN-KAM, AGED 100; HAU KIN-HING, AGED 97; LI HO, AGED 96; AND TANG SZE AS WELL AS LEUNG SAM-MUI, BOTH AGED 95.

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TIMOTHY TONG; THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR RAYMOND PANG; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTH DISTRICT COMMITTEE FOR ELDERLY ACTIVITIES, MR BRIAN KAN; AND THE DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (NORTH DISTRICT), MR LAM HARK-CHEE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE EVENT.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 4 PM AT THE CHOI SING PALACE RESTAURANT AT CHOI YUEN ESTATE IN SHEUNG SHUI.

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52 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED

THE BUILDINGS

DECEMBER LAST YEAR.

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DEPARTMENT APPROVED 52 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN

OF THEM, NINE ARE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, 20 FOR KOWLOON AND FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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THE APPROVED PLANS INCLUDE 17 FOR APARTMENT APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, 15 FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS EIGHT FOR FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

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AND

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IN THE MONTH, CONSENTS WERE GIVEN FOR WORK TO START ON BUILDING PROJECTS, WHICH INVOLVE 46,694 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 71,387 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

/MEANWHILE, THE

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