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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1987
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON ENDED THEIR HARBOUR TOUR WITH A VISIT TO A TRAWLER AND A DWELLING BOAT WHOSE OCCUPANTS WERE ABOUT ΤΟ MOVE TO LEI TUNG.
THE PARTY LANDED AT AP LEI CHAH AND WERE DRIVEN TO LEI TUNG ESTATE WHERE THEY WERE MET BY SENIOR HOUSING MANAGER, MR H.C. CHAN, WHO TOOK THEM TO AN UPPER FLOOR OF TỪNG CHEONG HOUSE FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THIS PARTIALLY COMPLETED PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT.
ARCHITECT, MR STUART HALL, TOLD SIR DAVID THAT WOULD PROVIDE 9,500 RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS WITH FACILITIES FOR SOME 37,000 PEOPLE WHEN FULLY COMPLETED SO FAR, AROUND 11,000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY MOVED IN.
THE PROJECT WIDE-RANGING
IN MID-1988.
LATER, SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON VISITED A FAMILY OF SIX IN THEIR NEW FLAT AND THEN TOOK A WALK THROUGH THE MARKET AND COOKED FOOD CENTRE.
AT THE END OF THE TOUR, SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON ATTENDED) A TEA PARTY IN THE LE: TỪNG COMMUNITY HALL AND NET MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, AREA COMMITTEES AND DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AS WELL AS OTHER LOCAL PERSONALITIES.
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON WERE ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT THEIR TWO SONS, PETER AND ANDREW,
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COMMUNITY BUILDING GOING ON QUICKLY'
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW QUICKLY COMMUNITY BUILDING WAS GOING ON THE TERRITORY.
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER TOURING THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, SIR DAVID SAID THIS WAS SOMETHING WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAD DEVOTED A GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION, AND THAT HE WAS VERY PLE.SED TO LEARN FROM THE LEE FAMILY WHICH HE VISITED AT LEI TUNG ESTATE THAT MR LEE WAS ALREADY SETTING UP A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE IN HIS OWN BUILDING.
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DAVID ALSO SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE REHOUSING OF PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN LIVING ON BOATS IN THE ABERDEEN HARBOUR.
"THE PROGRAMME IS GOING VERY WELL. AND I THINK IT IS VERY SATISFYING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING ON BOATS TO RE MOVING INTO BETTER ACCOMMODATION ON LAND,
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