TNAG-0740-FCO40-944-Quarterly-progress-reports-from-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 57

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PART I (Cont'd)

CONFIDENTIAL *

Subject 0.. in ncing

(fousing i ociety

i state in ihatin.

Purpose

To finance

the Society's

rontal estate in Shatin.

Progress Made and Present Position

In June, the Society decided to seek

a syndicated loan from commercial lenders

to finance its wha Tin estate.

Next Quarter Target

To seek information from the Fousing bociety in order to ascertain wheth or not an approach to

In August, the Housing Society sought Government's agreement to either guaranted Finance Committee is the repayments of the Society's borrowings justified.

or to agree to subordinate its loans to

those of the commercial lenders. A series

of discussions took place with the result that Government agreed in

principle to the issue of a letter of support, the final draft of which is being examined by the lenders. In the meantime. the society has asked Government to finance its estate in Tuen Mun.

11.mporary

Industrial

Ireas.

Tocomodate

The problem of a shortfall in flatted admissible cleared factories was discussed at L.D.P.C. workshops in the on 5.10.78. It was agreed in principle temporary absence that sites totalling 20 acres be made of flatted factories available for Temporary Industrial

pending completion of sufficient new flatted factories by 1981.

Areas

Formal allocation of si and provision of resourc for the first three Temporary Industrial Ard is being pursued.

CONFIDENTIAL *

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