DETAILED ITINERARY
Tuesday 19 June
12.00 noon
Thursday 21 June
9.00 am
10.30 am
The visitors will arrive independently at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Terrace, W2 (Tel: 262 6737).
PROGRAMME DISCUSSION
Mr BH Atkinson, Central Office of Information, will discuss the programme at the office of the Hong Kong Commissioner, 6 Grafton Street, SW1.
CRAWLEY NEW TOWN
Leave hotel by coach with Miss Maclaurin who will accompany the viaitors during their stay in London.
Arrive at the Commission for New Towns, Broadfield, Crawley, Sussex.
CRAWLEY, some 30 miles south of London, was designated in 1947 as one of the first of Britain's new towns (by August 1972 there were 32 new towns at various stages of development). One of several new towns designed to relieve overcrowding in London, Crawley is managed by the Commission for the New Towns, a government- appointed agency. The town's population - 9,500 in 1947
9,500 in 1947 - has reached 70,000, and further expansion is in progress. The designated area covers roughly 6,000 acres, and no part of the residential area is more than a mile from open country- side.
1.00 pm
Later
Later
Friday 22 June
8.30 am
10.00 am
Received by Mr J Goepel, MBE, Information Officer, for discussions on the planning and development of this New Town.
Tour the industrial, commercial and residential areas, in- cluding the Nursery School and Welfare Clinic.
Joined for lunch at the George Hotel by Mr Goepel.
Continue tour of the New Town.
Leave Crawley by coach for return to London.
CHALTON SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Leave hotel by coach.
Arrive at the Chalton Sewage Disposal Works, Toddington Road, Bedfordshire.
Received by a representative of the Borough Engineer, Luton, and JD and D M Watson, Consulting Engineers, for discussions and a tour of the Works.
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