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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1979
DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AFTER TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON CHAN PING-KUEN ON OCTOBER 5, 1977, BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
CHAN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF DETECTIVE CONSTABLE TSO KOON-LOI IN KOWLOON ON OCTOBER 12, 1976.
VIEWS OF RESIDENTS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION
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THE GOVERNMENT WISHED TO MAKE SURE THE VIEWS OF LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE GIVEN DUE CONSIDERATION IN ALL MATTERS AFFECTING THE IR WELL BEING, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR. JOHN TODD, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
HE SAID THAT TO ACHIEVE THIS THERE MUST BE REGULAR CLOSE CONTACTS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITIES.
MR. TODD WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE +PANORAMA OF SHA TIN PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION WHICH SHOWS THE RAPID TRANSFORMATION OF SHA TIN FROM A TRADITIONAL VILLAGE COMMUNITY TO A SELF-CONTAINED NEW TOWN.
+THE GOVERNMENT REALISES THAT ALL THIS LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT HAS MEANT THAT THE DAILY LIVES OF A LARGE NUMBER OF SHA TIN RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN AND ARE BEING AFFECTED, HE SAID.
MR. TODD THANKED THE SHA TIN RESIDENTS AND SAID, THE IR CO-OPERATION HAS ENABLED WORK ON SHA TIN NEW TOWN TO TAKE PLACE IN THE IMPRESSIVE SCALE WHICH WE CAN SEE TODAY.+
MR. TODD PRAISED THE SHA TIN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD FOR SETTING UP A PUBLICITY AND COMMUNICATION SUB-COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP BETTER CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE, AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT BY ALL PEOPLE IN SHA TIN,
THE EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, HELD AT THE LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL TILL THURSDAY, FEATURES ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF SHA TIN IN THE MING AND CHING DYNASTIES, ITS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE OLD DAYS AND THE PRESENT DAYS.
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