TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1936
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SIR PATRICK SEES HOUSING PROGRESS
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THE PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE AND HEAD OF THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE (DESIGNATE), SIR PATRICK WRIGHT, THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG.
PANG.
THE BRIEFING WAS GIVEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR FRED
SIR PATRICK, ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WRIGHT, ALSO TOURED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S EXHIBITION HALL WHERE HE WAS SHOWN MODELS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATING THE VARIOUS STAGES OF PUBLIC HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT.
AFTER THIS, SIR PATRICK WAS TAKEN ON A HELICOPTER TOUR OF THE TERRITORY BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, AND THE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, MR KENNETH KWOK.
IN THE MORNING, SIR PATRICK ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THEN VISITED THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION IN BANK OF AMERICA TOWER WHERE HE MET THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE STAFF AND SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT THE COMMISSION'S WORK.
HE THEN CALLED ON UMELCO MEMBERS AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING AND HAD LUNCH WITH THEM.
THIS EVENING, SIR PATRICK WILL ATTEND A COCKTAIL RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, MR REG HOLLOWAY AT WHICH GUESTS WILL INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE ON SECONDMENT TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
LATER HE WILL MEET A NUMBER OF SENIOR LOCAL BUSINESSMEN AT
A DINNER AT MR HOLLOWAY'S RESIDENCE.
DURING THE MORNING, LADY WRIGHT MADE A SEPARATE VISIT TO AP LE! CHAU WHERE SHE INSPECTED A DAY NURSERY RUN BY THE WOMEN'S WELFARE CLUB OF WESTERN DISTRICT.
LADY WRIGHT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS EVELYN DOE, AND WAS WELCOMED AT THE NURSERY BY BOARD MEMBERS OF THE CLUB. SHE LOOKED OVER THE FACILITIES OF THE NURSERY AND CHATTED TO THE CHILDREN.
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THE NURSERY ACCOMMODATES 100 CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN TWO AND
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