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THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1984
GOVERNOR RETURNING TOMORROW
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL RETURN FROM PEKING TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AFTER ATTENDING THE LATEST ROUND OF SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
SIR EDWARD WILL BE TRAVELLING ON FLIGHT CA 103, ETA 1.25 PM.
A FACILITY HAS BEEN ARRANGED TO COVER SIR EDWARD'S ARRIVAL. MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN ASSIGNED TO COVER THE EVENT SHOULD ASSEMBLE IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING BY 12.25 PM TOMORROW.
BUSY DAY FOR DISTRICT CHIEF ****
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR IAN MACPHERSON, SPENT A BUSY DAY IN TAI PO AND NORTH DISTRICT TODAY (THURSDAY) ATTENDING LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
IN THE MORNING, MR MACPHERSON WENT TO THE TAI WONG YEH TEMPLE IN YUEN CHAU TSAI TO PERFORM THE EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY FOR TWO NEW DRAGON BOATS. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR THOMAS CHAN.
THE CEREMONY BEGAN WITH THE OFFERING OF ROASTED PIGS, CHICKENS AND OTHER DELICACIES TO TA! WONG YEH - THE PATRON GOD OF FISHERMEN.
AFTER PRAYERS BY TWO VILLAGE ELDERS, MR MACPHERSON AND THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN, DOTTED THE EYES OF THE TWO DRAGON BOATS.
THE NEW BOATS WERE THEN USED IN AN EXHIBITION RACE BY LAST YEAR'S WINNERS.
LATER, MR MACPHERSON CALLED ON THE TAI PO AND SAI KUNG NORTH RURAL COMMITTEES TO DISCUSS LOCAL PROBLEMS WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
HE ALSO TOURED THE TAI PO MARKET TO LOOK AT TRADING ACTIVITIES THERE.
IN THE AFTERNOON, MR MACPHERSON, ACCOMPANIED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR IAN WOTHERSPOON, OPENED A NEW VILLAGE ROAD AT SIU HANG IN FANLING.
THE 3 000-METRE ROAD IS THE ONLY ACCESS TO SIU HANG TSUEN. PREVIOUSLY, VILLAGERS HAD TO PASS THROUGH THE GALLIPOLI LINES BEFORE THEY COULD REACH THE VILLAGE.
FUNDED BY THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH AT $450 000, THE ROAD HAS BEEN BUILT BY THE WORKS SECTION OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
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