WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1987
TIME SPENT ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS IMPORTANT: GOVERNOR
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IT IS IMPORTANT FOR HONG KONG THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE PREPARED TO SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER TOURING TSUEN WAN, THE LAST OF HIS TO THE 19 DISTRICTS, SIR DAVID SAID THE GRASSROOT ORGANISATIONS THE DISTRICT BOARDS, AREA AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN WHICH THESE PEOPLE WERE SERVING WERE CRUCIAL PARTS OF LIFE IN HONG KONG,
"AND HAVING MET THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, I WOULD LIKE то SAY TO THEM HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO ON BEHALF OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
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SPEAKING ABOUT TODAY'S VISIT, SIR DAVID SAID: "AS FOR TSUEN WAN, IT SHOULD NOT BE THE LAST DISTRICT I VISIT THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF DEVELOPMENT AS A NEW TOWN IN DEVELOPING THE SYSTEM OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES AT A DISTRICT LEVEL."
THE GOVERNOR ALSO NOTED THAT THE STANDARDS OF PUBLIC HOUSING HAD IMPROVED,
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"IF ONE LOOKS AT THE EARLIER STAGES OF PUBLIC HOUSING AND AT THE SORT OF PUBLIC HOUSING THAT'S GOING UP AT THE MOMENT, ONE CAN SEE HOW OUR STANDARDS ARE RISING EVERY YEAR, HE SAID.
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"IF ONE LOOKS AT THE RESITE VILLAGES AS Ι HAVE SEEN THIS AFTERNOON, AGAIN ONE CAN SEE HOW THE STANDARDS BEING PROVIDED ARE IMPROVING ALL THE TIME. AND IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT," SIR DAVID ADDED.
SIR DAVID SEES FIRST GENERATION NEW TOWN
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, LEARNT ABOUT THE LATEST PROGRESS OF THE ROUTE 5 PROJECT AND MANY OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN TSUEN WAN DURING A VISIT TO THE DISTRICT THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON,
IN A FAMILIARISATION VISIT TO PLACES OF INTEREST, SIR DAVID ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON, WAS BRIEFED ON THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND MET THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IN THIS FIRST GENERATION NEW TOWN WHICH WAS FIRST DEVELOPED SOME 30 YEARS AGO.
THE GOVERNOR,