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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1987
GRASSROOTS LEVEL WORK IMPRESSES GOVERNOR
(THURSDAY) THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY
THE WORK WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY
DONE AT GRASSROOT LEVEL COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AS WELL AS DISTRICT BOARDS MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.
SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING TO
REPORTERS AFTER
CHAI DISTRICT THIS AFTERNOON WHERE HE ATTENDED HIS AN AREA COMMITTEE.
THAT HE BY AREA AND THE
VISITING THE WAN
MEETING FIRST
OF
THE "IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING TO ATTEND
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE AND MEET SO MANY PEOPLE WHO DEDICATED SO MUCH OF THEIR TO WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY," HE SAID.
AREA
TIME
AND
SIR DAVID SAID THE QUESTION OF HAVING MORE STAFF FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION то HELP AREA COMMITTEES DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.
CITY
WAS
"THEY WOULD LIKE TO
SEE GREATER
LIAISON WITH THE DISTRICT WHICH THE OFFICES, AND I KNOW IT IS A PROBLEM WHICH EXISTS ELSEWHERE
SO CNTA IS VERY CONSCIOUS OF. THEY ARE HOPING TO INCREASE THEIR STAFF THAT
WILL THEY
MORE HAVE
PEOPLE FOR
MUTUAL AID LIAISON WITH COMMITTEES AND WITH AREA COMMITTEES," HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE WAN CHAI DISTRICT HAD CHANGED.
HOW MUCH THE
PARTICULARLY
"WHAT ONE SEES IS VERY RAPID DEVELOPMENT.
ROUND
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SOME OF KONG WERE GOING UF THE MOST EXCITING NEW BUILDINGS IN HONG
THERE, PERFORMING ARTS LIKE THE ACADEMY FOR
THE NEW EXHIBITION AND
CONVENTION CENTRE.
AND
SURPRISED TO SEE HOW WELL SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS ALSO SPACES WERE USED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSE.
SMALL
VERY
USE CAN BE MADE OF AREA IN THE SPRING GARDEN LANE
"WAN CHAI IS A VERY CROWED AREA AND RECREATIONAL SPACE IS MUCH NEEDED. IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MUCH SMALL SPACES LIKE THE SITTING-OUT WHICH I WENT TO SEE. HE SAID.
CHAI
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IN WAN SIR DAVID FELT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE AND
WAS ONE IT
OF THE
THE AREAS WHERE
DEVELOPMENT LAND OUT VERY USEFUL WORK. "EXACTLY CORPORATION WOULD BE ABLE TO CARRY WHAT IT DOES WILL BE FOR THE CORPORATION ITSELF TO DECIDE."
DENSE HOUSING. IT DEVELOPMENT
"THERE'S A LOT OF OLD BUILDINGS HERE, VERY
AREA FOR THE LAND NEEDS RE-DEVELOPMENT. IT'S AN IDEAL CORPORATION TO ORK," HE SAID.
THE NORTH FUTURE PLAN IN
WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY FURTHER PLAN TO RECLAIM SIDE OF WAN CHAI, SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY
MORE NEED FOR AT THE MOMENT. BUT ADDED THAT IF THERE WAS A FUTURE, HE EXPECTED
PRODUCE MORE RECLAMATION.
THAT PEOPLE WOULD
LAND LAND THROUGH
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