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Properties would be distributed to the

Shareholders and the remainder used to

enhance the cash resources of the

Company. In connection with the

completion of the sale of the Kwun Tong

Property on 4 January 1994, which gave

rise to realised surplus of $1,219

million, representing the excess of the

sale proceeds over the net book value of

the property and the expenses associated

with the sale, the Board of Directors, on

5 January 1994, recommended the

payment of a Special Cash Bonus of

$2.68 per share, totalling $1,081.8

million, for the year ending 31

December 1994 to the Shareholders.

This Special Cash Bonus was paid to the

Shareholders on 26 January 1994.

四年一月四日完成出售觀塘物業所得之

港幣十二億十千九百萬元實現盈餘(即

售價扣除物業賬面淨值及出售開支之餘

額 );董事會已於一九九四年一月五日

向股東建議派發截至一九九四年十二月

三十一日止年度特別現金紅利每股二元

六角八仙,總額為港幣十億八千一百八

十萬元。該特別現金紅利已於一九九四

年一月二十六日派發予各股東。

Application for Fare Increase

申請增加車費

In September 1992, the Company

applied for an average 13.8 percent fare

increase to take effect from 1 January

1993. The Government eventually

approved an 11.2 percent increase which

took effect from 5 April 1993.

The smaller increase granted and the

delay in its implementation, together

with continuously rising operating costs,

made it necessary for the Company

於一九九二年九月,本公司申請自一九

九三年一月一日起增加車費平均百分之

十三點八。最後政府批准由一九九三年

四月五日起增加百分之十一點二。

由於獲批准加幅較小,且延遲了實施日

期,加上經營成本不斷上升,令本公

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