`Border stores` project planned

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‘Border stores’ project planned
Shipping-container shops could be ready in time for Golden Week
Adam Kwok says Sun
Hung Kai Properties will
help develop the site
near Lok Ma Chau (inset).
(Sing Tao Daily)
S
UN Hung Kai Properties
( S H K P, 新 鴻 基 地 產 )
confirmed on Sunday it
is joining hands with Henderson Land (恒基兆
業地產) to provide an area for a mainlandertargeted shopping project near the Hong
Kong-Shenzhen (深圳) border.
And because the idea is for rows of ‘shops’
assembled from shipping containers on car
park spaces, it could be in business in time
for the October Golden Week (「黃金周」)
holiday rush from the mainland.
SHKP executive director Adam Kwok Kaifai (郭基輝) said the retailing centre would
allow mainlanders to buy goods without
heading into the city or swamping New
Territories towns. “We and Henderson Land
hope to see a larger, permanent mall with a
wide range of products available,” he added.
“This is the long-term solution.”
A 420,000-square-foot site owned by
Henderson Land and SHKP in Yuen Long (元
朗) near the Lok Ma Chau (落馬洲) checkpoint
is the place in focus. Kwok said the two firms
would provide the land at a nominal HK$1 rent
for a non-profit foundation that would run the
project in the interests of all.
According to Legislator Wong Ting-Kwong
(黃定光) who represents the import-export
sector, tenants would likely pay HK$60-HK$80
monthly for each square foot – a tiny fraction
of rents for a regular shop.
But Ronald Leung Kam-shing (梁金成),
a spokesman for the North District Parallel
Imports Concern Group (北區水貨客關注組),
said, “The problem will not go away as the
project is in Hong Kong.”
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Thursday 26 March 2015
Text: Ms Yee
Photos: Sing Tao Daily
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When
Where
Who
22 March 2015.
Hong Kong.
Sun Hung Kai Properties.
Vocabulary
What
Why
How
It confirmed that it will join hands with
Henderson Land to build a shopping
centre near the HK-Shenzhen border.
To allow mainlanders to buy goods
without going to New Territories towns.
The rent will be low and there will be a
wide variety of goods.
mall (n) 購物中心
M: Meaning
E: Example
M: a large building or covered area that has many
shops, restaurants, etc, inside it
E: Every evening, the kids hang out at that mall
together.
Other similar terms include ‘shopping mall’, ‘arcade’,
‘shopping arcade’ and ‘shopping centre’.
E: There are over 500 shops and restaurants in this
shopping mall/arcade/centre.
E: This building is a ten-storey arcade.
Comprehension
1
Circle the correct answers
1. How many firms will provide land for the
new shopping project?
A. two
B. three
C. four
4. The target customers of the shopping
centre are…
A. mainlanders
B. Hongkongers
C. both mainlanders and Hongkongers
confirm (v) 證實
M: to state that something is definitely true
E: Rumours of the prime minister’s resignation
were soon confirmed.
2
border (n) 邊境
M: the line that divides two countries or regions
2. The firms providing land are…
A. retailers
B. wholesalers
C. property developers
3. The shops will be made out of…
A. cars
B. ships
C. shipping containers
5. The site has an area of about _____
square metres
A. 39,000
B. 42,000
C. 420,000
6. Tenants will pay _____ monthly rents.
A. no
B. high
C. low
Answers on P12
Think About It
Do you think the new shopping centre will solve the
problems caused by mainlanders shopping in Hong Kong?
The centre will be located on the Hong Kong side whereas
some people suggest building one on the mainland side.
Do you think it a better solution?
I feel that…
E: India (印度) shares a border with Nepal (尼
泊爾).
3
assemble (v) 裝配
M: to fit together all the separate parts
E: These book shelves are already partially
assembled.
4
shipping container (n phr) 貨櫃
M: a large box of standard size in which goods are
packed so that they can easily be lifted onto a
ship to be transported
E: This large ship can carry hundreds of shipping
containers.
5
swamp (v) 湧到
M: to go to a place in large numbers
E: People swamped the banks when news
about the closures broke out.
6
tenant (n) 租客
M: a person who pays rent for the use of a room,
building, land, etc
E: The landlord and the tenant have just signed
a new contract.