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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1987
CONCERNING HIS VISIT,
SIR DAVID SAID THERE WAS A GREAT NEED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL HOUSING IN THE DISTRICT.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY MADE A START IN ΤΑΙ 0 AND ON CHEUNG CHAU AND THERE WERE PLANS FOR FURTHER RURAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN MUI WO AND ON PENG CHAU.
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'THERE CLEARLY IS A GREAT NEED AND 1T IS SOMETHING WE MUST PUT A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT INTO IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE LIVING STANDARD FOR THIS COMMUNITY, HE NOTED.
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GOVERNOR VISITS ISLANDS DISTRICT
MORE RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WILL BE BUILT IN MUI WO AND TAI O ON LANTAU AND ON CHEUNG CHAU AND PENG CHAU TO REHOUSE SQUATTERS IN THOSE AREAS AND TO IMPROVE ISLANDERS' LIVING CONDITIONS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WAS TOLD DURING HIS VISIT TO THE ISLANDS DISTRICT THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
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SIR DAVID, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON, WAS TOLD ᎢᎻᎪᎢ . IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING TWO ESTATES AT TAI O AND CHEUNG
CHAU, LEAST FOUR OTHERS HAVE BEEN PLANNED, AND THESE WILL PROVIDE HOMES ABOUT 9,000 PEOPLE.
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ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR PETER NG, AND ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JONATHAN NG, THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON WERE GIVEN A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF PENG CHAU AND LANTAU AS THEY FLEW IN BY HELICOPTER AND WERE BRIEFED ON DEVELOPMENTS ON THE TWO ISLANDS.
THEY LEARNT THAT THE CONSULTANTS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO CARRY OUT THE SOUTH LANTAU COAST PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STUDY SIX MONTHS AGO HAD INDENTIFIED FOUR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS. THESE WERE PUI O, CHI MA WAN, CHEUNG SHA AND TONG FUK, WHERE VARIOUS RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION AND LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WOULD BE RECOMMENDED.
THEY WERE TOLD THAT AN OVERALL REPORT BY THE CONSULTANTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE BY EARLY 1988.
ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN TAI 0, SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON WERE GREETED BY THE TAI O RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR YU YUEN-HEI, AND THE TAI O PROJECT MANAGER, MR C. K. CHOW.
THEY BOARDED A SAMPAN WHICH TOOK THEM ALONG TAI O CREEK WHERE THEY SAW A LARGE NUMBER OF STILTED STRUCTURES KNOWN AS
UK'S" AND WHICH ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE.
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/THE GOVERNOR