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TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1988
REGIONAL SECRETARY TOURS LANTAU
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL BUEN, TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED MUI WO AND TAI O ON LANTAU AND HAD A MEETING WITH ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ON MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST TO THE DISTRICT.
MR SUEN STARTED OFF TO LANTAU IN THE MORNING AFTER A BRIEF INSPECTION OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE IN CENTRAL.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JONATHAN NG, SOME MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND SENIOR STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
ON ARRIVAL AT TAI O, MR SURN WAS GREETED BY THE TAI 0 RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR YU YUEN-HEI.
THE PARTY TOURED THE STILTED STRUCTURES ON BOTH SIDES OF ΤΑΙ O CREEK TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF RESIDENTS THERE.
MR SUEN LEARNT THAT DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR TAI O ARE ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE. THESE INCLUDE THE COMPLETION OF THE LUNG TIN ESTATE PHASE II AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHELTERED ANCHORAGE IN THE EARLY 1990'S.
THE PARTY THEN WENT TO MUI WO WHERE THEY WERE GREETED BY THE MUI WO RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR TSANG LIN.
MR SUEN VISITED THE RECENTLY COMPLETED NGAN WAN ESTATE WHICH WOULD START TAKING IN RESIDENTS IN A FEW MONTHS' TIME. HE NOTED THAT THIS 19 THE THIRD RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT PROVIDING MORE THAN 430 FLATS FOR ABOUT 2,200 PEOPLE.
IN MUI WO, MR SUEN WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE POLLUTION SITUATION AT SILVERMINE BAY AND THE MEASURES BEING TAKEN TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM.
AFTER THE TRIP TO LANTAU, MR SUEN RETURNED TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN THE AFTERNOON AND HAD A MEETING WITH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
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