FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1983
VISIT OF HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
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THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WILL VISIT HONG KONG FROM 10TH 12TH OCTOBER AS PRESIDENT OF WORLD WILD LIFE FUND INTERNATIONAL.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, WHO WILL STAY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, WILL HAVE TALKS WITH THE COUNCIL OF WORLD WILD LIFE HONG KONG AND ATTEND A FUND-RAISING BALL ON OCTOBER 11.
DETAILS OF HIS PROGRAMME WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEARER THE TIME.
XINHUA DIRECTOR CALLS ON GOVERNOR
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MR XU JIATUN. NEWLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), PAID A COURTESY CALL ON THE GOVERNOR AT
30 PM TODAY.
MR XU WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MR LI JUSHENG, SECOND DIRECTOR, HR LI CHUWEN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR TAN GAN, VICE-CHIEF EDITOR, AND MR JI SHAOXIANG, FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECRETARY.
PRESENT ON THE HONG KONG SIDE WERE THE CHIEF SECRETARY SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, THE POLITICAL ADVISOR MR ROBIN MCLAREN, THE DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISOR MR RICHARD MARGOLIS AND THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF INTERPRETER MR Y.P. CHENG.
FIRST NIGH-RISE DISTRICT COMPLEX OPENED *****
THE OPENING OF THE ABERDEEN COMPLEX MARKS ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE URBAN COUNCIL'S SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, SAID TODAY.
AND IT REFLECTS THE COUNCIL'S MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ROLE IN LOCAL SOCIETY BY PROVIDING MODERN MARKETING, RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL FACILITIES UNDER ONE ROOF, HE ADDED.
SPEAKING AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE COMPLEX TODAY SIR JOHN SAID: +IN RECENT YEARS THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS BUILT MANY NEW MARKETS OR EXTENDED AND MODERNISED OLD ONES IN ORDER TO MEET THE PUBLIC DEMAND FOR MARKET FACILITIES.
+THE ABERDEEN COMPLEX REPLACES THE OUTDATED ABERDEEN MARKET IN ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD AS THE LATTER CAN NO LONGER COPE WITH THE PRESENT DEMAND OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, NOR ABSORB MANY ON-STREET HAWKERS.+
/HE NOTED