GOVERNOR TOURS KENNEDY TOWN
Monday, July 24, 1972
The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, today paid a visit to Kennedy
Town to see for himself the environmental conditions in the area and to be
briefed on development plans.
The tour lasted some two hours during which time the Governor examined
the operations of wholesale and retail markets, poultry laans, and the cattle
lairage, as well as the effects of cargo handling activities on the Western
waterfront.
The Governor was accompanied on his visit by the Secretary for Home
Affairs, Mr. D.C.C. Luddington, the City District Commissioner (H.K.), Mr.
David T.K. Wong; the Government Town Planner, Mr. A.F. Meyers; and the City
District Officer (Western), Mr. Rafael Hui.
He started his tour at the Shek Tong Tsui Market which was built in
1869 and is now being reprovisioned. Later, he went via the waterfront to
Cadogan Street, where he walked through the poultry laans and saw the sites
for the Kennedy Town swimming pool complex and the proposed Kennedy Town station
for the mass transit system.
The Governor was also briefed on plans for wholesale markets, hawkers
bazaare, relocation of the Victoria Public Mortuary and the cattle lairage, and
other improvements contemplated for Kennedy Town.
Note to Editors:
Copies of photographs of the Governor during his visit to Kennedy Town are distributed
separately in the G.I.S. Press Boxes this evening.
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