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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1987
GOVERNOR LOOKS AT DEVELOPMENTS IN SAI KUNG
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THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON TOURED SAI KUNG TODAY (THURSDAY) TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DISTRICT.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR PETER NG, THEY FIRST FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO JUNK BAY WHERE THEY WERE MET BY SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN HO AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WILLIAM WAN.
FROM A VANTAGE POINT, SIR DAVID HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE VAST AREA AND WAS BRIEFED BY THE PROJECT MANAGER/NEW TERRITORIES (SOUTH), MR TOM ARMOUR AND THE CHIEF ARCHITECT/4, HOUSING DEPARTMENT, MR BONA CHEUNG ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS THE HOUSING PROJECTS BEING BUILT IN JUNK BAY.
SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT THE JUNK BAY NEW TOWN WAS BEING DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES WITH A PLANNED POPULATION OF ABOUT 325 000, PHASE ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS WELL UNDER WAY, WOULD HOUSE ABOUT 223 000 PEOPLE BY THE LATE 1990S. THE IN-TAKE OF POPULATION INTO THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, PO LAM ESTATE, WAS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER.
A FULL RANGE OF EMPLOYMENT, RECREATION AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AS WELL AS AN INTEGRAL ROAD NETWORK FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MOVEMENT WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TOWN.
THE PARTY THEN DROVE TO THE HANG HAU DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOL AT THE MANG KUNG UK VILLAGE. ON THE WAY, SIR DAVID WAS ABLE TO SEE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING TSU LAN ESTATE, PO LAM ESTATE, A FIRE STATION AND AMBULANCE DEPOT, YAU YUE WAN VILLAGE RESITE AREA, KING LAM ESTATE AND YAN MING COURT HONE OWNERSHIP SCHEME.
AT THE HANG HAU DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOL, SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON WERE MET BY THE SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER (SHA TIN/SAI KUNG), MR HO WA I-MAN SCHOOL SUPERVISOR, MR SING SAI-ON AND HEADMASTER, MR HO YAU-CHING. SIR DAVID WAS SHOWN THE ACTIVITIES AND BRIEFED ON THE OPERATION OF THE COMBINED CLASS SYSTEM OF THE SCHOOL.
SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT, TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION STANDARD, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD COMBINE FIVE VILLAGE SCHOOLS IN THE HANG HAU AREA INTO A CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WAS FORMING AN INCORPORATED BODY TO TAKE UP THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOL.
AFTER LEAVING THE SCHOOL, SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON THEM PAID A VISIT TO A RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, TUI MIN HOI CHUEN, IN SAI KUNG, AS THEY STROLLED THROUGH THE ESTATE, THEY STOPPED BY A KINDERGARTEN AND CHATTED WITH THE CHILDREN THERE.
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