MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1984
HE ALSO STRESSED THAT THE CLEARANCE WAS ESSENTIAL AS THE LAND WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR 135 000 PEOPLE.
+ON COMPLETION OF THE CLEARANCE, WORK WILL START ON THE SITE. A MAJOR CULVERT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED FOR DIVERSION OF THE TAI HO RIVER AS PART OF GENERAL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE REGION, AND A THREE-HECTARE WORK AREA WILL BE FORMED, HE ADDED.
TWO MORE MP'S COMING
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THE PROGRAMME OF VISITS BY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF MR MARK LENNOX-BOYD TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AND MR JIM LESTER ON WEDNESDAY.
THE TWO CONSERVATIVE MP'S WILL MEET UMELCO, SENIOR OFFICIALS, URBAN COUNCILLORS, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES.
THEY WILL ALSO VISIT YAU MA TEI DISTRICT, CHI MA WAN VIETNAMESE REFUGEES CLOSED CENTRE, HOUSING ESTATES AND A GARMENT FACTORY. THEY WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE ON OCTOBER 2. MR LENNOX-BOYD WILL LEAVE HONG KONG THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND MR LESTER ON OCTOBER 4.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MP'S TO MEET PRESS TOMORROW
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TWO CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MR PETER THOMAS AND MR RICHARD NEEDHAM, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT 2.45 PM IN THE AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICERS' MESS, THIRD FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.
WEEK.
THE TWO MP'S ARRIVED AT HONG KONG IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST
MR NEEDHAM WILL BE LEAVING TOMORROW EVENING, AND MR THOMAS THE NEXT DAY.
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