TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1981
SIR MURRAY VISITS WONG TAI SIN
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY (TUESDAY) MET WITH THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AFTER A TOUR OF THE AREA.
SIR MURRAY TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT THE YEAR WOULD SEE THE INSTITUTION OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES IN MANY DISTRICTS AND THAT HE WAS INTERESTED TO FIND OUT WHAT DEMANDS FOR FACILITIES THEY HAD, TO DO THE IR JOBS BETTER IN IMPROVING DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION,
HE HAD BEEN EARLIER BRIEFED BY THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (WONG TAI SIN), MR IAN STRACHAN, ON THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE AND DISTRICT DEVELOPMENTS.
HE STARTED THE TOUR WITH A VISIT TO THE ICAC MEI TUNG SUB-OFFICE AT TUNG TAU TSUEN ROAD WHERE HE MET ITS STAFF AND DISCUSSED THEIR ANTI-CORRUPTION WORK AND EFFORTS IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
THE GOVERNOR THEN WALKED TO THE SITE OF THE LOK FU COMPLEX - A MODERN RE-DEVELOPMENT OF OLD-TYPE HOUSING BLOCKS -- WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROJECT BY SENIOR HOUSING MANAGER (WONG TAI SIN), MR ANTHONY HUI, AND A CONSULTANT ARCHITECT.
WORK ON THE COMPLEX
WHICH INCLUDES MORE SPACIOUS AND WELL LAID-OUT RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL UNITS, A BUS TERMINUS, A PODIUM - STARTED IN NOVEMBER 1979, AND IS EXPECTED TO FINISH BY THE END OF 1983.
SIR MURRAY ALSO TOURED MORSE PARK INDOOR GAMES HALL AND WAS GIVEN AN ACCOUNT OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S NEW FACILITIES FOR WONG TAI SIN BY URBAN SERVICES OFFICER, MR CHAN TING-PO,
AFTER VISITING THE GAMES HALL, SIR MURRAY VISITED THE WONG TAI SIN POLICE HEADQUARTERS WHERE HE DISCUSSED WITH DIVISIONAL SUPER INTENDENT VINCE CHAPMAN THE DISTRICT'S CRIME SITUATION.
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