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MR. ANDREW WONG (in Cantonese) : Sir, the Secretary only
mentions housing development and industrial development
but he has not mentioned anything about development of
office space.
In order to have a
development, can the Government consider allocating more
land for the development of office buildings so that there
can be an increase in employment and there can be a better
distribution of employment in new towns?
we have
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SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS : Sir, in Shatin
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found there is some interest in jobs in the servicing
other than in support of
sector but
generally,
manufacturing and to a certain extent in
offices,
government
the actual demand for office accommodation has
been low and can normally be met from the commercial part
of commercial/residential buildings. There has been, to
my knowledge, very little pressure for the sale of purely
commercial land in the Northern New Territories but I feel
that, if such
if such a demand was evidenced, Government would be
most anxious to respond to it.
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