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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1974.
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NIGERIAN LEADER IMPRESSED WITH HONG KONG'S HOUSING EFFORT ******
THE NIGERIAN HEAD OF STATE, GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON, TODAY PRAISED THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR PROVIDING HOMES FOR NEARLY HALF OF HONG KONG'S FOUR MILLION PEOPLE.
AFTER A VISIT TO OI MAN ESTATE IN HO MAN TIN THIS AFTERNOON, THE GENERAL WROTE THE FOLLOWING ON THE VISITORS BOOK: +MOST DELIGHTED AND IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK YOU ARE DOING ON HOUSING THE GREAT POPULATION OF HONG KONG. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. I WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS.+
DURING THE TOUR, THE GENERAL JOKINGLY ASKED MR. DONALD LIAO, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, IF HE WOULD SEND HIS STAFF TO NIGERIA TO HELP PLAN HIS COUNTRY'S HOUSING PROGRAMME.
ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE, HE ASKED MR. IAN LIGHTBODY, SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE FOR NIGERIA'S TOWN PLANNERS AND ARCHITECTS TO COME AND LEARN FROM HONG KONG.
DURING THE OI MAN VISIT, THE VISITORS WERE SHOWN THE ESTATE'S MODULAR MARKET AND THE TWO-ROOM FLATS WHICH FORM ONE OF THE NEW CONCEPTS OF THE AUTHORITY'S ARCHITECTS. THEY ALSO STOPPED AT WAI MAN HOUSE TO SEE A MODEL FLAT.
ON HIS WAY OUT OF OI MAN ESTATE, THE GENERAL MET SOME TENANTS WHO INVITED HIM AND HIS FARTY TO VISIT THEIR HOME. THE GENERAL ACCEPTED AND SPENT SOME TIME CHATTING WITH THE TENANTS.
EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE GENERAL WHO ARRIVED YESTERDAY FOR A BRIEF STOPOVER VISIT FOLLOWING AN OFFICIAL TOUR TO CHINA, WAS BRIEFED BY MR. LIGHTBODY AND MR. LIAO ON HONG KONG'S HOUSING PROGRAMME.
THE GENERAL SHOWED PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S FUTURE HOUSING PROGRAMME AND EXPRESSED GREAT INTEREST IN ESTATE MANAGEMENT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING GENERAL GOVON BEING SHOWN A MODEL OF A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE DURING HIS TALKS WITH MR. LIGHTBODY WILL BE BOXED FOR COLLECTION THIS EVENING.
THE GENERAL LEAVES LATER TONIGHT.
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