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HE TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE HAD A USEFUL DISCUSSION ON THE THINGS WHICH WERE OF CONCERN TO THE PEOPLE OF PENG CHAU. +...THE OLDER PEOPLE WANT A CEMETERY HERE ON PENG CHAU, OTHERS WANT MORE SITTING OUT FACILITIES AND THEY WOULD LIKE A FULL TIME DOCTOR IF THAT COULD BE ARRANGED.
+WHAT I HAVE TOLD THEM IS THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE OF COURSE THE CONCERN OF DISTRICT BOARDS AND SOME OF THE LOCAL COMMITTEE AND SOME OF THE GOVERNMENT. BUT I ALWAYS LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY TO WHAT THEY SAY ON THESE OCCASIONS AND I WILL ENSURE THAT THEY GET AN ANSWER TO ALL THE POINTS THEY HAVE RAISED IN DUE COURSE. I WILL GET A REPORT ON EACH OF THEM AND THEN I WILL MAKE SURE THEY GET AN ANSWER TO ALL OF THEM. +
SIR EDWARD SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THEY WERE TOLD AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC CEMETERY WAS BEING PLANNED AT MUI WO AND WOULD BE OPENED TO PENG CHAU VILLAGERS, THEY STILL WISHED TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR OWN
+ IT IS NOT POSSIBLE OF COURSE TO HAVE CEMETERIES EVERYWHERE IN THE TERRITORY BUT THEY HAVE GIVEN ME A PETITION AND THEY WILL RECEIVE A REPLY TO THAT PETITION WHEN IT HAS BEEN STUDIED IN DUE COURSE.+
GOVERNOR LOOKS AT VILLAGE LIFE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (WEDNESDAY)
TOURED THREE OUTLYING ISLANDS TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT AND MEET LOCAL RESIDENTS.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, SIR EDWARD FLEW BY HELICOPTER FROM CENTRAL TO MA WAN, PENG CHAU AND LAMMA.
AT MA WAN, HE VISITED THE HOME OF MR CHAN KAM-KONG WHO, AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS, IS ONE OF THE OLDEST RESIDENTS ON THE ISLAND.
THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR S. J. CHAN, AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR K.K. FUNG, LATER INTRODUCED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MA WAN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR CHAN KWONG-CHUEN, AND OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THE GOVERNOR FOR A BRIEF MEETING.
/SIR EDWARD