WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1982
GOVERNOR TOURS LANTAU
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TOURED LANTAU ISLAND BY HELICOPTER THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING TO SEE THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS THERE.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER (ISLANDS) MR RICKY FUNG, AND THE GOVERNMENT ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR GEORGE CHIEN.
SIR EDWARD FIRST FLEW OVER THE CHI MA WAN PENINSULA, THEN DISCOVERY BAY, CHEK LAP KOK, TUNG CHUNG, CHEUNG SHA, SHEK PIK AND NGONG PING BEFORE LANDING AŤ TAI 0.
HE THEN WENT TO LUNG TIN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY SENIOR HOUSING MANAGER, MR K.W. CHOY, ON
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ESTATE WHICH ACCOMMODATES MORE THAN 1 000 PEOPLE REHOUSED FROM NEARBY STILT STRUCTURES.
SIR EDWARD WAS LATER GIVEN A WARM WELCOME WHEN HE VISITED A FAMILY IN TIN KWAI HOUSE IN THE ESTATE. THE GOVERNOR CHATTED WITH THE TENANT, MR CHEUNG CHO-LAI, FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
LATER HE WENT TO THE ROOF OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY MR CHIEN ON DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
THE GOVERNOR THEN FLEW TO MUI WO AND LUNCHED WITH THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES), MR IAN MACPHERSON, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MJI WO RURAL COMMITTEE, MR TSANG LIN, AND OTHER LOCAL LEADERS.
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE OPENED
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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMME FOR OVERSEAS INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION MOVED FURTHER FORWARD WITH THE SETTING UP OF THE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE YESTERDAY (TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30).
THE OPENING WAS MARKED BY THE DOTTING OF A CHINESE LION'S EYES BY MAYOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOLLOWED BY A LION DANCE.
THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY THE MAYOR THE BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL, MR JOHN L. BEAVEN AND THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR ALEC PURVES.
THANKING THE MAYOR, MR PURVES SAID THAT HONG KONG HAD CHOSEN SAN FRANCISCO FOR ITS FOURTH INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION OFFICE AFTER TOKYO, LONDON AND STUTTGART BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE CENTRE OF THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PACIFIC RIM AND HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE PACIFIC BASIN.
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