THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1984
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+MY MESSAGE TO THEM WAS THAT HONG KONG IS VERY MUCH A GOING CONCERN WITH A PROMISING FUTURE,+ HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD ADDED THAT THE TRADE MISSION TO NEW YORK WAS
AN OUTSTANDING SUCCESS.
+SIR S.Y. CHUNG AND MISS LYDIA DUNN AND THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED ON THE IMPACT THEY MADE WHILE THEY WERE THERE, HE SAID.
ACCOMPANY ING THE GOVERNOR ON THE RETURN TRIP FROM LONDON WERE LADY YOUDE, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, MR ROGER LOBO, MR T.S. LO, MISS LYDIA DUNN AND MISS MARIA TAM.
THE PARTY WERE MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE.
SIR PHILIP SEES DEVELOPMENTS IN STANLEY
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DURING A VISIT TO STANLEY TODAY, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WAS BRIEFED ON PROPOSALS TO DEVELOP STANLEY VALLEY INTO A LOW DENSITY HIGH-CLASS RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SIR PHILIP WAS TOLD THAT A DRAFT OUTLINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN HAD BEEN CIRCULATED TO RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION AND THAT, ONCE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMENTS ON THE PLAN HAD BEEN CONSOLIDATED, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD WOULD BE CONSULTED BEFORE FIRM PROPOSALS ON THE PROJECT WERE MADE TO THE GOVERNMENT.
THE EXISTING STANLEY TOWN CENTRE IS LIKELY TO RETAIN ITS CHARACTER.
HOWEVER, AS THE PRESENT CONGESTED CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, THE TOWN CENTRE WILL BE EXPANDED ONTO A FUTURE RECLAMATION AREA COVERING STANLEY BAY WHERE COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED.
THE RECLAMATION WATERFRONT WILL BE USED FOR BOATING, ROWING AND OTHER WATER-BASED ACTIVITIES,
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, AND THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR K.C. KWONG, SIR PHILIP ALSO SAW VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS CARRIED OUT BY THE DISTRICT BOARD IN THE SQUATTER VILLAGE AT MA HANG.
SEVEN PROJECTS, COSTING MORE THAN $140 000, ARE BEING UNDERTAKEN
TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE AREA.
THEY INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PLAYGROUND, RE-SURFACING OF A NULLAH, PROVISION OF A PLATFORM FOR DRY LATRINES AND THE BUILDING OF A FOOTPATH.
/THE PARTY