FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1986
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SIR EDWARD SEES OLD AND NEW SHAM SHUI PO
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THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SPENT THE WHOLE AFTERNOON IN SHAM SHUI PO TODAY (FRIDAY) LEARNING OF LATEST DEVELOPMENTS V THE DISTRICT AND ALSO VISITING THE ANCIENT HAN TOMB IN LEI CHENG UK.
ACCOMPANIED BY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU, AND THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SYLVESTER TSE, SIR EDWARD ALSO TOOK A WALK THROUGH LEI CHENG UK ESTATE WHERE THE OLDEST MARK | BLOCKS STAND NEXT TO MODERN REDEVELOPED PUBLIC HOUSING.
SIR EDWARD FIRST WENT TO A VANTAGE POINT IN PAK TIN FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE AREA, AFTER DRIVING THROUGH NAM CHEONG STREET WHERE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON THE NULLAH DECKINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR CLEARANCE ON JULY 6.
MET BY THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR CHENG PO-HONG, AT THE VANTAGE POINT, HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISTRICT.
THE NEXT STOP WAS THE ROOF-TOP OF CHING LAI COURT WHERE SIR EDWARD WAS BRIEFED ON LAI CHI KOK RECLAMATION BY THE CHIEF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICER, MR FONG HUNG-TAK.
THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE RECLAMATION OF NINE HECTARES OF LAND WEST OF MEI FOO SUN CHUEN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
THE GOVERNOR THEN VISITED THE HAN TOMB IN LEI CHENG UK AND WAS BRIEFLY TOLD THE HISTORY OF THE TOMB BY THE CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY, MR ROBERT LAM.
IT WAS DISCOVERED IN AUGUST 1955 BY WORKMEN LEVELLING A LOW HILL AT THE END OF TONK IN STREET FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEI CHENG UK RESETTLEMENT AREA. THE TOMB NOW HOUSES 58 POTTERY AND BRONZE OBJECTS FOUND DURING THE EXCAVATION.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR CHAN PAK SIR EDWARD THEN WALKED THROUGH LEI CHENG UK ESTATE TO THE CHEUNG SHA WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE,
HE WAS TOLD OF THE LATEST POSITION ON THE LEI CHENG UK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHICH REPLACES THE EXISTING MARK I RESETTLEMENT BLOCKS BY MODERN ESTATES.
PHASE STARTED IN MAY 1982 AND WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER 1984 TO PROVIDE NEW HOMES FOR SOME 8 145 PERSONS. WHEN ALL FOUR PHASES ARE COMPLETED IN 1992, THE ESTATE WILL HOUSE ABOUT 23 700 PERSONS.
SIR EDWARD ENDED HIS VISIT AT A TEA RECEPTION IN THE CHEUNG SHA WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE WHERE HE MET SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
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