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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1987
ASKED ABOUT FARMERS' COMPLAINT THAT THE COMPENSATION WAS TOO LITTLE, SIR DAVID SAID THERE WAS AN INCREASE RECENTLY IN THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAD LOOKED AT IT VERY CAREFULLY AND CONCLUDED THAT THE COMPENSATION WAS FAIR AND REASONABLE.
ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE CRIME RATE IN THE NEW TOWNS, HE SAID HE HAD NOT GONE INTO DETAILS OF CRIME STATISTICS TODAY.
+WHAT HAS STRUCK ME IS NOW ONE SEES A VERY LIVELY COMMUNITY, AND IT IS THAT SIDE, A POSITIVE SIDE, THAT I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN, RATHER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER SIDE.+
WHEN BEING ASKED TO DEFINE THE NEW TERRITORIES, SIR DAVID SAID THE DEFINITION, TO HIM, WAS QUITE SIMPLE, IT IS NORTH OF BOUNDARY STREET, BETWEEN BOUNDARY STREET AND SHENZHEN RIVER.+
SIR DAVID ALSO SAID THAT LADY WILSON WAS VERY KEEN TO VISIT AS MUCH OF HONG KONG AS SHE COULD, AND HE CERTAINLY HOPED SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMPANY HIM AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE ON FUTURE TRIPS.
GOVERNOR LOOKS AT DEVELOPMENTS IN YUEN LONG DISTRICT
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) INSPECTED VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN YUEN LONG, ONE OF THE BUSIEST DISTRICTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHERE A RANGE OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE AREA AND PROVIDE VITAL LINKS WITH CHINA.
THE VISIT TO YUEN LONG MARKED THE FIRST OF SIR DAVID'S TOUR TO A DISTRICT SINCE TAKING UP OFFICE, AND WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY SIMILAR VISITS TO 18 OTHER DISTRICTS.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, DR JAMES HAYES, THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON ARRIVED BY HELICOPTER AT MAI PO WHERE THEY WERE GREETED BY YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALAN WONG, AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR TAI KUEN,
THEY FIRST WENT TO THE WORK SITE FOR THE SHENZHEN RIVER BRIDGE PROJECT ALONG THE BORDER ROAD. SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF WORK ON THE LOK MA CHAU BORDER CROSSING BY THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON.
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