Monday, May 5, 1975
QUEEN VISITS ESTATE FAMILY
A sign in Chinese characters reading 'All Men are Brothers'
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welcomed the queen to the Tang family home in Hong Man House, Of Man
Estate today. The Queen called at the flat for a glimpse of how hundreds
of thousands of estate residents live.
Little Tang Mei-sum, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tang
Shiu-Cheung, stepped forward and with a deep bow presented Her Majesty
with a bouquet of red and white orchids.
Mr. Tang, a 53-year-old fare-collector with the Hong Kong-Taumati
Ferry Co., proudly presented his wife, Wan-fong, and eight other children
and his mother-in-law all gathered in the 600-square-feet flat wearing
their 'Sunday Best for the occasion.
The Queen enquired how the family was faring, and surveyed the
beige walls decorated with a large wall clock, a picture of the Virgin
Mary and the child Jesus in her arms, with a crucifix below, the Hifi
and television set with the refrigerator near it.
On asking where the Tangs did their cooking and washing, the
Queen was led to the kitchen and balcony, accompanied by Mr. Donald Liao,
Director of Housing. Mr. Tang explained that the family now had lots more
space than the small tenement flat they shared only two months ago with
another family in Bulkeley Street, Hung Hom, near the entrance of the
Kowloon entrance of the Cross-Barbour Tunnel.
/The Queen