THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1985
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SIR PETER AND LADY BLAKER ARRIVE
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, SIR PETER BLAKER, AND LADY BLAKER ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TODAY (THURSDAY) FROM CANTON FOR AN EIGHT-DAY VISIT,
THEY WERE MET ON ARRIVAL AT THE TAI KOK TSUI FERRY TERMINAL BY THE GOVERNOR'S AIDE-DE-CAMP, MR PAUL COLLIER.
SIR PETER, TOGETHER WITH THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR TIMOTHY RENTON, AND THE CONSERVATIVE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, SIR PAUL BRYAN, WILL ATTEND THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND THE OPENING OF THE 1985/86 LEGCO SESSION NEXT WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 30).
DURING HIS STAY IN HONG KONG, SIR PETER WILL MEET THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.
SIR PETER AND LADY BLAKER WILL ALSO VISIT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL AT KWAI CHUNG, THE CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION AT TAP SHEK KOK, WONG TAI SIN AND EASTERN DISTRICTS.
THEY WILL LEAVE FOR LONDON NEXT THURSDAY (OCTOBER 31).
ANOTHER TIN SHUI WAI AREA CLEARED *****
ANOTHER LARGE AREA IN YUEN LONG HAS BEEN CLEARED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TIN SHUI WAI NEW TOWN PROJECT - AN AMBITIOUS HOUSING PROGRAMME WHICH WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR ABOUT 135 000 PEOPLE BY THE EARLY 1990S.
+THE CLEARANCE OF 13.5 HECTARES OF FISHPONDS TODAY (THURSDAY) HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR SITE INVESTIGATION WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT ON SCHEDULE, THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON, SAID.
+TODAY'S CLEARANCE OPERATION, THE FOURTH IN A SERIES, INVOLVED
16 FAMILIES COMPRISING 71 PEOPLE, HE SAID.
+EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES TOTALL ING $3.1 MILLION HAD BEEN PAID OUT FOR THE IR AGRICULTURAL AND BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS, HE ADDED.
+THE CO-OPERATION OF THE PING SHAN RURAL COMMITTEE AND RESIDENTS OF THE AREA HAD BEEN AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE SMOOTH HANDING OVER OF THE SITE, + HE SAID.
/+THE RESIDEN IS