THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1984
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SIR GEOFFREY VISITS WO CHE ESTATE
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DURING HIS VISIT TO WO CHE ESTATE IN SHA TIN THIS AFTERNOON, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, TOURED THE COMMERCIAL CENTRE AND VISITED A FAMILY.
HE WAS GREETED ON ARRIVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR DAVID FORD.
A SELF-CONTAINED ENTITY COMPLETED IN 1979, WO CHE WAS THE SECOND OF NINE PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING ESTATES TO OPEN IN SHA TIN, WITH 6 075 FLATS ON 12 BLOCKS ACCOMMODATING MORE THAN 32 700 PEOPLE.
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SIR GEOFFREY NEXT VISITED THE FAMILY OF MR YEUNG LAU-MAN A HAWKER WHO LIVES WITH HIS WIFE, SIX DAUGHTERS AND A SON IN A 52.2 SQUARE-METRE FLAT ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF HIP WO HOUSE.
HE CHATTED WITH MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WHO HAD MOVED FROM THE LOWER NGAU TAU KOK ESTATE UNDER THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S RELIEF-OF-OVERCROWD I NG SCHEME FOUR YEARS AGO.
SIR GEOFFREY FIRST INSPECTED AN EXHIBITION ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE COMMERCIAL CENTRE WHERE MR FORD EXPLAINED THE FEATURES AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE POPULAR HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME.
SIR GEOFFREY THEN TOOK A WALK THROUGH THE MODERN COMMERCIAL CENTRE WHERE SHOPS OF VARIOUS TRADES CATERED FOR THE NEEDS OF THE ESTATE COMMUNITY.
EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON, SIR GEOFFREY TOURED SHA TIN FOR A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE NEW TOWN'S DEVELOPMENT,
HE ALSO MET FOUR UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SIR GEOFFREY FIRST ARRIVED AT THE LIONS PAVILION WHERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG, BRIEFED HIM ON THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN.
THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR BRYAN O'RORKE, AND THE PROJECT MANAGER OF SHA TIN, MR C.K. CHOW, WERE ALSO ON HAND TO TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS IN THE NEW TOWN AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
SIR GEOFFREY THEN HAD A BRIEF SESSION WITH FOUR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, MR WAI HON-LEUNG, MR NG CHAN-LAM, MR CHOY KAN-PUI AND MRS CHAN LO YIN-BING.
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