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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1988
HE LAN BEGAN HIS VISIT TO KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT WITH A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE LUNG SHING AREA FROM THE ROOFTOP OF THE HOLY FAMILY CANOSSIAN SCHOOL AT JUNCTION ROAD.
HE WAS TOLD BY MR FONG THAT THE SIX-HECTARE URBAN COUNCIL CARPENTER ROAD PARK, WHICH WAS DUE FOR COMPLETION AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WOULD PROVIDE VARIOUS FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING JOGGING, CYCLING TRACKS, VOLLEYBALL COURTS, BASKETBALL COURTS AND A ROCK GARDEN.
FROM THE OLDER PART OF THE DISTRICT, THE PARTY DROVE ΤΟ THE NEWLY-DEVELOPED PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATE, WHAMPAO GARDEN, TO VISIT A FAMILY AND SEE SOME OF THE RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES PROVIDED FOR RESIDENTS.
THEY THEN WALKED TO 'THE HUNG HOM WATERFRONT то SEE THE PROGRESS OF THE HUNG HOM BAY RECLAMATION WHICH WILL PROVIDE 36 HECTARES OF LAND ON COMPLETION IN 1993.
FINALLY, ON THE ROOFTOP OF A BUILDING IN TO KWA WAN MR LAN WAS BRIEFED BY MR FONG ON THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DISTRICT, PARTICULARLY THOSE RELATED TO THE METROPLAN.
TAI PO DB STUDY GROUP LEAVES FOR CHINA
THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD'S OVERSEAS STUDY TOUR GROUP LEFT FOR BEIJING THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING FOR A NINE-DAY VISIT TO CHINA.
THE STUDY GROUP, LED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ΤΑΙ PO DISTRICT BOARD, MR HO YUNG-SANG, COMPRISES 13 BOARD MEMBERS, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JOHN BURRETT AND STAFF OF THE DB SECRETARIAT.
THE GROUP WILL VISIT BEIJING, QINGDAO AND SHANGHAI TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN THOSE PLACES.
IN BEIJING THE GROUP WILL CALL ON THE HONG KONG AND MACAU OFFICE WHERE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WILL EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS.
THEY WILL ALSO SEE THE NUCLEAR REACTOR IN THE QINGHUA UNIVERSITY AND MUNICIPAL WORKS OF THE BEIJING CITY.
IN QINGDAO MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WILL TOUR A NUMBER OF FACTORIES WHILE IN SHANGHAI THEY WILL VISIT SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
THE GROUP WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON OCTOBER 13.
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