Doug CoLLins

‘WHETHE R you like it or not, the North Shore i is ‘steadily being ‘sold to Hong Kong’and other Asiatic interests: And real estaic. operators lead the pack in this glorious endeavor. They are taking out full page ads showing North Shore homes in the Hong Kong papers’ and are pleased with the

“results. ;

But a resistance movement ix building. Local business people “shave alerted the politicians ofall - parties to this financial onslaught. ” And small wonder, Only the rich - have any safefuard against it: Prices are on their. way through the

~\. roof and younger people on the: | North Shore will hav¢ to move if \ they want a home. / .

“On the North Shore, Block Brothers’ National Real Estate

» Service (NRS) is busy in Hong

Kong. It ¢ecently ran an ad in the North Shore News headed o

- ‘Reaching out around the world!" . 8

and announced the setting up of -

. NRS.(Hong Kong) Lid.

‘ “Investors are pumping Hong Kong money into Canada ata

real estate are f would probably do the same thing. he question.is, should society allow. me to do it? Have

we no. he for. our own? Must our Kids he, sent to the |

“AVhat does jhis 1 mean for sell ing your, home.on the North | Shore? The larger the. market the’ faster. you'll sell and at top market, "

‘NRS has placed two full- page! ads in Sing Pao, the ANOS. | widely- read Rewspaper in Hong?

|

“ have one of them i in my hot We

, tle hand. itis-written in English |;

sharply,

immigrant Chine

estate Ti nces obt ining exclusive: ght en

eal estate in’ ‘question around

‘and Chinese, | "and, features pi

Come hither ryoric, wants to‘make a buick ce. IF were a real estate:

gent; [.would probably. do ihe

Same thing. The questio’ is”

rate |

ures”

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a get this straight o

A. North Van businessman who isis hot-as hell about all this has “complained to all the local politi- cians and a lot.who are nol local.

: Mike Harcourt of the NDP was: |, non-committal. He said the NDP would he watching the Australian model to sce whether it was suce - ; cessful » | cae

Fat lot of good that will do!

..Mark’ Rose, the NDP ML A for! Coquitlam- -Moody, wrote back oe perhaps sarcastically — 1o say. that “the policy sounds excellent ifone : is interested in affordable hot for Australian citizens."}

“ Steptien Rogers the Transpo " "Minister made the dumbest réply. of all, “Your thoughts willbe Kept - in mind,*' he said in pushing t .

- fompiainet off to the feds; whe: : have nothing to do with property

: gales.

‘John Reynolds of West Van- couver-Howe Sound and the: Speaker of the House referred the issue to Housing Minister Claude. “Richmond, (The Speaker cannot” engage in partisan political activi- ty, but nay stilkask for-action on * behalf of his constituents.)

The politicians bave to be mov ed off their backsides on this onc. They will do damned sittle unless. * _ (hey get a great cry of rage, So if you want some action now is the lime to take pen in hand. .

$10,000 and the district for $5,000 toward the $40,000 cost of replac-. . -to the B.C. Lottery Foundation for

9 + Fridays dune 3, 1988 ~ North Shore News

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NORTH VANCOUVER’ S lawn bowlers want-to triple their candle power-so. their turf is up to inter- national competition, |

“for

i “ “They asked city council

ing the lighting on their two bowl- ing greens.

The proposed pylons with

4 chalogtn lights in the corners of °

each green will provide nine foot-

“> candles ef light, compared with the

two. or, thise foot-candles of tight

“provided by the existing bulbs

strung accross the lawns, said John Leman, a member of the North Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club.

He made a _ Presentation to

‘more: pani power

North Vancouver City. Council. Monday, after being advised in an April 14 letter“that his club had been turned down, for the grant. : Council referred the request to its finance’ committee and social

‘planner for. further study. a

‘Leman said the club has applied

a further $10,000, and plans to pay an additional $15,000 itself: He said the existing lighting is hardly worth repairing.” ted “i we were trving-to get a per-,

“mit forthe existing ighting today.

I don't-suppose we“would get it,’

"he said, The lighting ‘standard for,

international ~ lawn bowling com-

-petition:is- 5 to 10 foot- candles, | he* added. .

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"The Bible fon Jesus oa says: “And cal no man. your father upon-the earth: for. one. is. your Fi

a which > is. in. cheaven.’’

Matthew. 23: *

; _ (Except of Course,” our-own. parent /paren in-law)

» There is precedent i in Canada for“ B- ” “restrictions on foreign. buyers. New a

“Brunswick and Prince Edward. Island both have them, -="

A thought/occurs to me in all ! this: will that wonderful develop: men? planned for the Expo site . “turn out to be nothing more than.a

chance for,Hong Kong to move in? .: “The Socreds have sold the thing to:

a ‘Hong Kong | billionaire and my 7 guess is that it will do him‘and his © buddies niore good than it will the people of this arca

“You can! "t trust anybody where!

“the buck i is ‘concerned. e..

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