WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1976
GOVERNOR TOURS TAI PO AND SHA TIN
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MRS. WONG TONG YUK-NGUN AND HER SON HAD A V.1.P. VISITOR THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING WHEN THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, DROPPED IN TO VISIT THEM AT THEIR HOME IN BAU CHUEN HOUSE AT THE LEK YUEN ESTATE, SHA TIN.
SIR MURRAY'S VISIT TO MRS. WONG'S FAMILY CAME TOWARDS THE END OF HIS TOUR OF TAI PO AND SHA TIN THIS MORNING TO SEE DEVELOPMENTS IN THESE DISTRICTS. THE GOVERNOR WAS ACCOMPANIED ON HIS VISIT BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES.
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MRS. WONG, A WIDOW, HAS LIVED IN THE ESTATE WITH BER FIVE CHILDREN SINCE JULY WHEN HER HUT NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO LION ROCK TUNNEL WAS DECLARED DANGEROUS FOLLOWING HEAVY RAIN LAST APRIL. SHE HAS A SON AND A DAUGHTER WHO ARE WORKING IN A KOWLOON HOTEL AND HER OTHER CHILDREN ARE STUDYING,
SIR MURRAY CHATTED WITH MRS. WONG OVER A CUP OF TEA. ASKED WHETHER SHE WAS PLEASED WITH HER FLAT, MRS. WONG TOLD THE GOVERNOR SHE LIKED IT VERY MUCH AND WAS MOST COMFORTABLE. SIR MURRAY COMPLIMENTED HER ON THE WAY SHE HAD HAD THE FLAT DECORATED. ALSO SPOKE TO MRS. WONG'S TEN-YEAR-OLD SON, A STUDENT OF AN AFTERNOON SCHOOL.
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AT MRS. WONG'S REQUEST THE GOVERNOR SIGNED HER FAMILY ALBUM,
WHILE IN THE ESTATE, SIR MURRAY VISITED THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S REGISTRATION OFFICE AND WATCHED PEOPLE HAVING THEIR APPLICATION FORMS FOR FLATS BEING PROCESSED.
THE GOVERNOR VISITED THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN EXHIBITION BEING STAGED IN THE ESTATE'S COMMERCIAL COMPLEX BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
HE MET THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR. JOHN DON, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, SHA TIN, MR. MICHAEL SÚEN.
SIR MURRAY SHOWED PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE SECTIONS ON RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, THE ENVIRONMENT, THE TOWN CENTRE PLAN AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ASKED ABOUT MEASURES BEING TAKEN TO CONSERVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO AVOID POLLUTION IN TOLO HARBOUR, AND WAS ASSURED BY MR. DON THAT THE GIANT MODERN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT TO BE BUILT FOR THE NEW TOWN WOULD KEEP TOLO HARBOUR POLLUTION FREE, AND GREATLY INCREASE ITS POTENTIAL AS A RECREATIONAL AREA FOR BOATING.
/ME. DON .....