THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1987
GOVERNOR TOURS NORTH DISTRICT
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON TODAY (THURSDAY) TOURED NORTH DISTRICT TO SEE THE TRADITIONAL ASPECT AND NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES. DR JAMES HAYES, SIR DAVID ARRIVED BY HELICOPTER AT THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT HEADQUARTERS IN FANLING WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR PANG HANG-YIN.
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THE GOVERNOR FIRST WENT TO SHEUNG SHUI VILLAGE AND TOURED SHEK TONG, THE ANCESTRAL HALL (CHI-TONG) OF THE LIU CLAN WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1751 AND DECLARED A HISTORICAL MONUMENT IN 1985.
AFTER SEEING SOME OF THE EXHIBITS WHICH DATES BACK TO THE YUEN DYNASTY, THE PARTY PROCEEDED TO WAI NOI TSUEN, THE OLDEST WALLED VILLAGE IN SHEUNG SHUI, AND VISITED A FAMILY OF SEVEN AT FIRST LANE OF THE VILLAGE.
THEY THEN DROVE TO SHEK WU HUI, A MAJOR MARKET TOWN WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF 7,800 WITH 800 SHOPS ENGAGED IN VARIOUS KIND OF TRADES. THE GOVERNOR LEARNT THAT BOTH THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE GOVERNMENT WERE KEEN TO SEE AN EFFECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN AS WELL AS LUEN WO HUI IN FANLING.
AS THEY STROLLED ALONG SAN HONG STREET, FU HING STREET AND SAN FUNG AVENUE, SIR DAVID STOPPED BY A FEW SHOPS AND CHATTED WITH THE OPERATORS.
FROM SHEUNG SHUI, THE PARTY WENT TO CHEUNG WAH PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN FANLING AND VISITED THE FANLING GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER (TAI PO AND NORTH), MR KWAN KI-TAI AND THE HEADMASTER, MR CHOW PUI-FONG, SIR DAVID SAW STUDENTS ENGAGED IN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND WATCHED A TELE-MATCH.
LATER, HE PROCEEDED TO THE ROOFTOP OF CHEUNG CHI HOUSE FOR PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI NEW TOWN.
BRIEFED BY THE PROJECT MANAGER (NEW TERRITORIES NORTHEAST), MR BOB HANNA, AND THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER (NORTH), MR ROGER HARDING, SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT ON FULL DEVELOPMENT IN MID 1990'S, THE NEW TOWN WOULD HAVE A TOTAL POPULATION OF 246,000. So FAR. THE GOVERNMENT HAD SPENT SOME $3.3 BILLION IN DEVELOPING THE NEW TOWN, AND ANOTHER $3.2 BILLION WOULD BE SPENT IN THE NEXT DECADE.
THE GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT SEVEN LOTS COVERING A TOTAL OF 4.187 HECTARES OF LAND FOR INDUSTRIAL AND
AND COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES WOULD BE AUCTIONED IN THE CURRRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.
BEFORE WINDING UP THEIR VISIT, SIR DAVID ATTENDED A TEA RECEPTION AT THE CHEUNG WAH SPORTS CENTRE WHERE THEY MET MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE END OF THE VISIT, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS VERY INTERESTING FOR HIM TO GO AROUND THE DISTRICT WHERE HE SPENT HIS WEEKENDS AND TO SEE ITS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE SORT OF HISTORICAL PROCESS.
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