THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1982
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BOARD MEMBERS TO TOUR ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE SPENDING SATURDAY MORNING (MARCH 20) TOURING ABERDEEN AND AP LE! CHAU TO LOOK OVER DEVELOPMENT AND RECLAMATION PROJECTS GOING ON IN THE AREAS.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, MR K.C. KWONG, AND THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LOLLY CHIU, THE MEMBERS WILL GATHER AT 9 AM AT ABERDEEN POLICE STATION BEFORE SETTING OFF FOR AP LEI CHAU ESTATE OFFICE FOR A BRIEFING ON LOCAL HOUSING PROJECTS AND VARIOUS RECLAMATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN ABERDEEN,
FROM THERE THEY WILL PROCEED TO THE ROOF-TOP OF LEI NING HOUSE, FOR A VIEW OF THE ABERDEEN ACTIVITY.
AFTERWARDS, THEY WILL VISIT THE COMMUNITY HALL IN AP LEI CHAU ESTATE PHASE 2A, FOR A FURTHER BRIEFING, AND THEN PROCEED TO THE GOVERNMENT PIER AT TIN WAN.
MEMBERS WILL THEN BOARD A GOVERNMENT LAUNCH AT ABOUT 10.45 AM FOR A 45-MINUTE CRUISE OF THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER TO SEE THE VARIOUS ON-GOING PROJECTS.
THE TOUR WILL END AT ABOUT NOON.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS WHO WISH TO COVER THE FIRST 90-MINUTE PART OF THE TOUR OF ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE AP LEI CHAU ESTATE OFFICE BY 9 AM, WHERE THEY WILL BE MET BY CITY DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF. HOWEVER, NO TRANSPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES. DUE TO THE LIMITED SPACE, IT WILL ALSO NOT BE POSSIBLE TO ACCOMMODATE PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ON THE LAUNCH TOUR OF THE TYPHOON SHELTER, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE LATTER PART OF THE MORNING.