Cheaper style for officials
NZJN Tokyo New Zealand Governmnt officials will soon have to give up their luxurious $2OOO a week homes in Tokyo and move into a new compound on land the New Zealand Embassy has owned, and left idle, for
Nine die A fireworks plant housed in a converted barn exploded with a tremendous fireball, killing at least nine people. A police spokesman said he knew of no permits for making fireworks on the former farm south of Youngstown, Ohio.—Youngstown.
about 15 years. Plans for the compound were shown last week by Mitsui Home Company, Ltd. Three single houses and four two-home units will be built on the land, according to embassy sources. At present, Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry officials at the embassy live in private residences scattered throughout different Tokyo suburbs.
Rents for these residences range from $BO,OOO to more than $lOO,OOO a year. The decision to put all officials in a compound was taken to economise on housing costs.—Copyright, N.Z. Japan News.
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