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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1987
GOVERNOR IMPRESSED BY DEVELOPMENTS IN SHA TIN
THE
GOVERNOR,
* * * *
SIR DAVID WILSON, AND
LADY WILSON TODAY IN THE
(WEDNESDAY) TOURED SHA TIN AND WERE IMPRESSED BY DEVELOPMENTS FAST GROWING NEW TOWN.
DR JAMBS
ACCOMPANIED BY REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES),
OF WALES HOSPITAL BY HELICOPTER OFFICER, MR VICTOR YUNG, AND
HAYES, THEY ARRIVED AT THE PRINCE AND WERE GREETED BY SHA TIN DISTRICT DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR NG CHAN-LAM.
WHERE THEY HAD A THE PARTY WAS THEN DRIVEN TO GARDEN RIVERA
OF THE THE ROOFTOP OF ONE THE DISTRICT FROM PANORAMIC VIEW OF
THE LADY
BRIEFED WILSON WERE
ON HIGH-RISE BLOCKS. SIR DAVID
BY THE PROJECT PHYSICAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DISTRICT MANAGER, MR TATY KUO, AND MR YUNG.
AND
INCORPORATES BRIEFED ON VARIOUS MR CHEN YU-CHENG,
THEY THEN PROCEEDED ON TO LUNG HANG ESTATE, WHICH BOTH RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP HOUSING, AND WERE
MANAGER, ASPECTS OF THE ESTATE BY SENIOR HOUSING AND HOUSING MANAGER, MR CHEUNG KIN-FAT.
THEY VISITED A FAMILY IN A HOS FLAT AND A FAMILY HOUSING UNIT TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIVING OF PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS IN SHA TIN, WHO ACCOUNT FOR OF THE DISTRICT'S 430,000 POPULATION.
IN A RENTAL ENVIRONMENT
65 PER CENT
VILLAGE, WHERE ALSO TOURED TIN SUM THE PARTY WELCOMED BY THE RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR ROGER LAU; VICE MR CHOY KAN-PUI AND MR LIU MING, AS WELL AS MR CHOY KWEI-SANG AND MR TSANG TIN-YAU.
THEY WERE CHAIRMEN
VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES,
VILLAGE WAS A TIN SUM
TRADITIONAL THEY WERE INFORMED THAT
HAS 108 SMALL SETTLEMENT AND A PILOT VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME, IT
AREAS, RECREATIONAL
PARKING HOUSES SERVICED WITH PROPER ROAD LINKS,
WELL AS WATER SPACES, LATRINE AND REFUSE COLLECTION FACILITIES, SUPPLY, ELECTRICITY AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
AS
SHA TIN TOWN WHERE THEY
WERE
LATER, THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON WENT TO THE HALL TO ATTEND A TEA RECEPTION AT THE EXHIBITION GALLERY,
DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MET MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, CHAIRMEN OF AREA COMMITTEES, AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS. THEY PRESENTED WITH A CHINESE PAINTING AS A SOUVENIR.
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