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13th December

Leasehold property consisting of land registered as I.L. 4191 with a four-storey reinforced concrete cement building on it, No. 69 Hennessy Road, was sold for $45,700 at an auction conducted by Mr. A. E. B. de Sousa at the French Bank Building. The upset price was $40,000.

18th December

Judgment in a "test case" appeal involving, according to Counsel for the appellant, issues of the greatest importance and interest to farmers in the New Territories, being con- cerned with the question of whether the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance, 1947, applied to agricultural lands in the New Territories, was delivered by the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. E. H. Williams, at the Supreme Court.

20th December

New modern centre proposed by Government for market- ing of fish at Aberdeen. "The present market premises in Kennedy Town are inadequate," states the Fish Marketing Organisation report for November. For some time the erec- tion of a new, modern market in the Kennedy Town area has been considered desirable. For various reasons this has not been possible and consideration is now being given to the possibility of erecting a new market on the Colonial Develop- ment and Welfare Fund reclamation at Aberdeen. It is thought that such a move would be of great advantage to us for it is certain that we should have better contact with in- dividual fishermen and that the number of middlemen would decrease."

22nd December

The Tenancy Prolonged Duration Ordinance. 1950, and amendments to the existing Landlord and Tenant Ordinance of 1947, which contain provisions of the highest importance to both tenants and property owners, were published in the Gazette. The new Ordinance is designed to protect tenants who have paid premiums from being ejected before a sub- stantial period or to have his rent being raised.

24th December

H.E. the Governor has appointed a three-man Committee to advise Government on architectural matters.

The Committee's terms of reference will be (1) to consider and advise Government on the plans of permanent Govern- ment buildings; (2) to advise Government on the siting of temporary Government buildings; (3) to advise Government on the architectural layout and development of reclamations. Chairman of the new Committee is Professor Gordon Brown, who occupies the Chair of Architecture in Hongkong Univer- sity. The other two members will be Mr. W. W. C. Shewan, Assistant Director of Public Works (Buildings) and Mr. G. L. Wilson of the firm of Messrs. Palmer and Turner, Architects.

The formal opening of the new hall of the Kowloon Chamber of Commerce at No. 2 Liberty Avenue, Homuntin, was performed by Mr. Tsang Yung in the presence of a large gathering of members and guests. The hall, which is named after Mr. Tsang Yung in recognition of his service to the Chamber, is a modern three-storeyed building, built at a cost of over $100,000.

30th December

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A loss of over million dollars for the year ended December 31, 1949, was reported at the annual general meeting of the Cathay Land Company, Ltd. whose estates are mostly in Shanghai.

There are metalwindows

AND

Rustproof metalwindows

The difference

is remarkable

RUSTPROOF METALWINDOW COMPANY LIMITED DEVA WORKS,SALTNEY, CHESTER London Office: 6 DUKE STREET, ST. JAMES'S LONDON, S.W.I Tel. WHitehall 4583/4/5

Purpose-made and standard windows rustproofed by the

Patent "R.M.W." Process No. 464020.

The photo-micrograph below shows a section through а frame after treatment. Between the rustproof outer layer and the steel of the base an important intermediate alloy layer can be seen binding the outer layer inseparably to the steel. It is this complete and inseparable union which gives the process its great value and differentiates it from all painting and coating processes. The treatment is carried out

on all frames after they have been machined and assembled and after a thorough cleaning to remove dirt, grease and scale.

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AWARDED

3rd November

Adzing timber sleepers Chau Hing Building

Contractor

Construction of North Point Seawall west of

Q.B.M.L. No. 4-Union Construction Co. Reconstruction of Jordan Road-Wan Hin & Co. Building Office and Quarters for Castle Peak

Agricultural Station-Sang Tai Co. Supply of asphaltum-Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. Supply of crushed stone-Hongkong Quarries Ltd.

$ 5,685.50

716,305.00 288,465.00

45,474.00 406,505.00

34,000.00

ENQUIRIES INVITED

8th December

Repairs to railway quarters at Ho Man Tin Hill

Road-Lun Sang & Co.

37,997.00

Health Offices, Aberdeen-Hang On Tai

57,755.00

Health Offices, To Kwa Wan-Cheong Lee Con-

struction Co.

42,900.46

Kowloon City Market-Cheong Lee Construction

Co.

121,889.47

Excavation to cutting and strengthening

of

embankments-Hang On Tai

18.596.00

Collection and delivery of sand-Fook Lee & Co.

(sand from beaches)

(sand from nullahs)

Excavation of overburden at Tsat Tze Mui quarry

—Sang Lee & Co. (1945)

$5.15 per c.y. 4.00 per c.y.

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