WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1982
GOVERNOR LOOKS AT PROGRESS IN SHA TIN
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) INSPECTED THE PROGRESS OF DEVELOPMENT IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, DR RICHARD BUTLER, THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE WENT TO A VANTAGE POINT AT SUI WO COURT FOR AN IN DEPTH BRIEFING BY THE SHA TIN PROJECT MANAGER, MR KEITH AUSTIN, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG.
SIR EDWARD AND LADY YOUDE WERE TOLD THAT THE TOWN PLAN FOR SHA TIN AIMED AT PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION AND ADEQUATE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FACILITIES FOR MORE THAN 550 000 PEOPLE BY 1985.
THE NEW TOWN WAS +A MODEL CREATION OF A VIGOROUS SOCIALLY-BALANCED AND REASONABLY SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITY, THEY WERE TOLD BY MR TSANG.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO TOURED THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE TO SEE THE MODERN SPORTS TRAINING FACILITIES AND THE 1 400-BED PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL, BOTH PROJECTS WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT NEXT MONTH.
EARLIER ON, THE GOVERNOR ALSO MET SOME OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK
THOSE ATTENDING INCLUDED MEMBERS OVER LUNCH AT FANLING LODGE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT; PAST CHAIRMEN, MR CHAN YAT-SAN, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG AND MR STEPHEN WONGY MR AKERS-JONES AND DR BUTLER.
LADY YOUDE TO OPEN MENTAL HEALTH EXHIBITION IN CENTRAL
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A THREE-DAY EXHIBITION AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH WILL BE OPENED BY LADY YOUDE AT THE LANDMARK IN CENTRAL AT 2.30 PM ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 17).
IN ADDITION TO A VISUAL DISPLAY OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE EXHIBITION WILL INCLUDE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS AND MODELS BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF A PROPOSED PSYCHOGERIATRIC HOME.
IT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE NEW LIFE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION AND THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT, AND HAS AMONG ITS OTHER SPONSORS THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON EXHIBITORS' ASSOCIATION AND THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
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