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Thursday, May 24, 1973
CONSULS-GENERAL VISIT MR. DE SALES
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Five consuls-general in Hong Kong will pay an official visit to
Mr. A. de O. Sales, the first non-government Chairman of the Urban Council,
at the City Hall tomorrow (Friday).
They are Mr. Mario F. Real-de-Azua of Uraguay; Mr. Ramon Rodriguez
Benson of Mexico; Mr. Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti of Brazil; Mr. Oscar E.
Michelena of Venezuela and Mr. Jorge Zaldua-Caro of Columbo.
The Consul-General of Uraguay, Mr. Real-de-Azua, who is leaving
Hong Kong shortly to take up a new assignment, will present Mr. de Sales an
oil painting of the Hoi Sum Temple, which once stood on an island of the same
name off To Kwa Wan in Kowloon.
The temple was pulled down after the island was joined to Kowloon
by reclamation, and turned into a park managed by the Urban Council.
Note to Editors:
You are invited to send a reporter and/or photographer to cover the event which will take place tomorrow (Friday) at 11.30 a.m. at the office of the Chairman of the Urban
Council in the City Hall.
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