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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1980
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TWO MPS TOUR NEW TERRITORIES
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TWO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MR JOHN WAKEHAM AND MR TIMOTHY SAINSBURY, IN HONG KONG FOR A 10-DAY VISIT, TODAY (TUESDAY) WERE SHOWN DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR WIVES, THEY MET THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, AND THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DONALD LIAO, BEFORE TOURING SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
FROM SUI WO COURT LOOKOUT POINT THE DISTRICT OFFICER,
DR PATRICK HASE, BRIEFED THEM ON HOW SHA TIN VALLEY IS UNDERGOING RAPID CHANGE FROM A RURAL AREA INTO A WELL-PLANNED NEW TOWN WITH A PROJECTED POPULATION OF 750 000 BY THE END OF THE 1980'S.
THE VISITORS THEN WENT TO WO CHE ESTATE WHERE THEY TOURED
THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX AND VISITED A FAMILY.
AFTER LUNCH AT ISLAND HOUSE, HOME OF NEW TERRITORIES SECRETARY, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THEY TOURED THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND PLOVER COVE.
LATER, THEY WERE DRIVEN THROUGH FANLING, WHOSE DEVELOPMENT INTO A NEW TOWN OF 200 000 WAS EXPLAINED TO THEM, AND THEN BACK TO HONG KONG ISLAND VIA ROUTE TWISK, TSUEN WAN AND KOWLOON.
THE MP'S WILL MEET SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, UMELCO MEMBERS, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND VISIT VIETNAMESE REFUGEE TRANSIT CENTRES.
THEY WILL MEET THE PRESS BEFORE LEAVING HONG KONG NEXT MONDAY (OCTOBER 13).
STUDENTS URGED TO SUPPORT CHILDREN'S WARD ****
AN APPEAL TO SCHOOL CHILDREN TO SUPPORT BY ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS THE +SCHOOL CHILDREN'S WARD+ IN THE RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM WAS MADE BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR KENNETH TOPLEY, IN A GENERAL SCHOOLS CIRCULAR.
THIS WARD OF 10 COTS IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG AND THE DONATIONS RECEIVED FROM SCHOOLS ENABLE THE CHILDREN ACCOMMODATED THERE TO RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE AND ATTENTION WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT BE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
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+LAST YEAR, SCHOOLS CONTRIBUTED A SUM OF ABOUT $271 750 —— A SPLENDID ACHIEVEMENT AND A CREDIT TO ALL CONCERNED,+ MR TOPLEY SAID.
HE SINCERELY HOPED THAT SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT FOR OVER 20 YEARS WOULD CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THIS WARD BY
INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE EFFORTS.
+INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS