SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1979
F.C.O. MINISTER TO VISIT REFUGEE CAMP AND SHA TIN ******
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR. PETER BLAKER, ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TONIGHT (SUNDAY)
FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT. HE WAS MET BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE.
TOMORROW (MONDAY), MR. BLAKER WILL VISIT THE RED CROSS TRANSIT CENTRE FOR REFUGEES AND PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN SHA TIN, HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR. MORRIS MORGAN.
IN THE AFTERNOON, MR. BLAKER, SIR MURRAY AND THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR. ALAN SCOTT WILL GO TO LEK YUEN ESTATE IN SHA TIN.
THERE, MR. BLAKER WILL HAVE A BRIEF LOOK AT THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX BEFORE CROSSING BY ELEVATED WALKWAY TO WO CHE ESTATE AND VISIT A FAMILY IN HONG WO HOUSE. THE MINISTER WILL THEN PROCEED TO WO CHE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX WHERE HE WILL BE BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR. DONALD LIAO ON THE HOUSING ASPECT OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND PUBLIC HOUSING GENERALLY.
HE WILL ALSO INSPECT SOME TWIN-TOWER PUBLIC HOUSING BLOCKS NOW NEARING COMPLETION IN THE NEW TOWN.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER MR. BLAKER'S VISIT TO THE RED CROSS TRANSIT CENTRE (FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE KAI TAK NORTH CAMP) AND SHA TIN NEW TOWN TOMORROW (MONDAY).
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ASSIGNED TO COVER THE MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE TRANSIT CENTRE ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE MAIN GATE TO THE FORMER RAF KAI TAK IN KWUN TONG ROAD OPPOSITE PING SHEK ESTATE NOT LATER THAN 10.45 A.M.
PRESS MEMBERS USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT CAN TAKE BUSES TO PING SHEK ESTATE AND CROSS KWUN TONG ROAD BY A NEARBY FOOTBRIDGE TO GET TO THE MAIN GATE WHERE G.I.S. OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ACCOMPANY THEM INTO THE TRANSIT CENTRE. THE MINISTER WILL ARRIVE AT THE CENTRE AT 11.20 A.M.
PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS TO THOSE WISHING TO COVER MR. BLAKER'S VISIT TO SHA TIN. TWO NINE-SEATER VANS (AM 2162 AND AM 2139) WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT. 2 P.M. FOR SHA TIN. AFTER THE VISIT THE TWO VANS WILL TAKE THEM BACK TO KOWLOON.
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