THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1980
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SIR MURRAY TO VISIT NEW YORK
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THE GOVERNOR SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE ACCOMPANIED BY LADY MACLEHOSE, WILL BE LEAVING HONG KONG ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, FOR A SHORT VISIT TO NEW YORK.
IN NEW YORK HE AND THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, MR HUGH CAREY, WILL SPEAK AT THE CENTENARY DINNER OF THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
DURING HIS TWO DAY STAY, HE WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE OFFICES OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION, ON THE WAY, SIR MURRAY WILL SPEND ONE DAY IN LONDON DURING WHICH HE WILL CALL AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
SIR MURRAY WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON OCTOBER 18.
HOME OFFICE MINISTER VISITS NEW TERRITORIES
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THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE HOME OFFICE, MR TIMOTHY RAISON, WHO IS ON A ONE-WEEK VISIT TO HONG KONG, WAS GIVEN A HELICOPTER TOUR OF THE NEW TERRITORIES THIS AFTERNOON (THURSDAY).
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHO BRIEFED HIM ON DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES WHICH ARE RAPIDLY CHANGING RURAL AREAS INTO MAJOR NEW TOWNS.
MR RAISON WAS TOLD THAT, FROM A LARGELY RURAL POPULATION OF 400 000 IN 1961, MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE LIVING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BY THE END OF THE DECADE.
AFTER FLYING OVER YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN, TSUEN WAN AND SAI KUNG, MR RAISON LANDED AT SHA TIN WHERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, BRIEFED HIM ON THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FROM A VANTAGE POINT AT SUI WO COURT, THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME DEVELOPMENT.
LATER, MR RAISON, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DONALD LIAO, VISITED PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, A SQUATTER AREA AND THE SHUN CHÍ COURT HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME PROJECT IN CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, MR LIAO TOLD THE MINISTER OF THE IMPACT BEING MADE ON THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME BY THE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS.
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