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THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1976.
COLONIAL SECRETARY VISITS ISLANDS DISTRICT OF N.T.A.
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THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, SPENT TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITING ISLANDS DISTRICT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES,
MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER ISLANDS, MR. ALBERT LAI.
SIR DENYS'S FIRST CALL WAS PENG CHAU, WHERE HE MET MEMBERS OF THE RURAL COMMITTEE AND WAS BRIEFED ON DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR THE
ISLAND. HE THEN TOOK A BOAT TO MUI WO ON LANTAO, WHERE HE SAW DEVELOPMENT ON THE RECLAMATION AT CHUNG HAU. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF SOUTH LANTAO BY CAR.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY LATER WENT TO TALO WHERE HE MET THE CHAIRMEN OF THE RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. KAN CHUNG-HING, AND THE FIRST AND SECOND VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR. CHEUNG SHUN-YAU AND MR. TAI WING- FAI. HE WENT TO THE ROOF OF A LOCAL SCHOOL TO SEE THE AREA COVERED BY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS BEFORE HOLDING DISCUSSIONS WITH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE RURAL COMMITTEE.
AFTER LUNCH, SIR DENYS FLEW TO CHEUNG CHAU FOR TALKS WITH MEMBERS OF THE RURAL COMMITTEE'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. HE ALSO TOURED THE ISLAND AND WAS SHOWN, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AN OPEN INCINERATOR AND THE PROPOSED SITES FOR A TYPHOON SHELTER AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT,
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