5 -
MONDAY, MAY 20, 1974
THE PARTY NEXT VISITED MA HANG, A VILLAGE-CUM-SQUATTER AREA WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 5,000.
WHILE ON HIS WAY, THE GOVERNOR ALSO WENT IN TO THE TIN HAU TEMPLE WHICH WAS BUILT BY THE SEA-FARING PEOPLE OF STANLEY BAY IN 1767.
BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS TOUR, SIR MURRAY CALLED ON THE MA HANG RECREATION CENTRE.
THE CENTRE IS A SELF-HELP PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY THE STANLEY KAIFONG ASSOCIATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB ASSOCIATION AND THE EASTERN CITY DISTRICT OFFICE. IT HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 1969.
NOTE TO EDITORS: COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE
GOVERNOR'S TOUR WILL BE BOXED THIS EVENING.
KOWLOON ROAD TO BE REPAVED
*******
THE SECTION OF FUK WING STREET BETWEEN TONKIN STREET AND PRATAS STREET IN SHAN SHUI PO, WILL SHORTLY BE RECONSTRUCTED.
TENDERS ARE ABOUT TO BE CALLED FOR THE WORKS WHICH WILL INVOLVE THE REPAVING OF THE ROAD SURFACE, EXCLUDING THE ROAD JUNCTIONS, WITH EIGHT-INCH THICK REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS ON A SIX-INCH LEAN CONCRETE BASE,
THE WORKS ARE SCHEDULED TO START IN JULY AND ARE PART OF AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
OTHER STREET SECTIONS INCLUDED IN THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMNE ARE LOCATED IN PEI HO STREET, KUEILIN STREET, SHEUNG HEUNG ROAD AND LOK SHAN ROAD.
E
E'