WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1988
LADY YOUDE TO OPEN MEMORIAL PAVILION
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A PAVILION PUT UP BY THE NORTH DISTRICT
BOARD IN TRIBUTE
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YOUDE ON
THE LATE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL BE OPENED BY LADY FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 26).
MUK KIU WITHIN MEMBERS OF
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEMORIAL PAVILION IN TSAT THE LUK KENG COUNTRY PARK IN SHA TAU KOK WAS INITIATED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD.
REGULAR
AND LADY YOUDE, WHO WERE THEY REGARDED SIR EDWARD TREKKERS IN THE LUK KENG AREA, AS WEEKEND RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT.
CONTRIBUTED
TOWARDS THE MEMBERS PAVILION, ALONG WITH DONATIONS FROM THE DISTRICT.
COST CONSTRUCTION
THE SEVERAL LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN
OF
KIND BUILT
IN
THE PEKING-STYLE TWIN PAVILION IS THE FIRST OF ITS IN HONG KONG. ONLY ONE PAVILION OF THE SAME DESIGN HAS BEEN PUT UP SOUTHERN CHINA.
SUMMER
WORK CONSTRUCTION
ON THE PAVILION STARTED LAST FOLLOWING AN EARTH-BREAKING CEREMONY PERFORMED BY LADY YOUDE IN MAY.
TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE PAVILION, LADY YOUDE WILL PLAQUE AND PLANT A TREE NEAR THE PAVILION.
UNVEIL A
AT PRESENT
THE
OPENING
WILL
AMONG THOSE
THE CEREMONY
BE MICHAEL SUEN; DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES), MR AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE; NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG; CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD, MR RAYMOND PANG; AND CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO
THE COVER
OPENING CEREMONY OP
REPRESENTATIVES ARE
THE
THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL PAVILION ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 26) AT 3 PM IN
то ADVISED MEDIA LUK KENG COUNTRY PARK. SHOES WITH RUBBER SOLES AS THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE A 15-MINUTE WALK THE PAVILION.
WEAR TO
TWO GOVERNMENT VANS
TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THE PRESS. WILL LEAVE THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER, TSIM SHA TSUI, AT 12.30 PM.
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