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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1988
LAND FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING WOULD BE READY BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
ESTATE FOR 39,000 PERSONS
THE GOVERNOR THEN WENT TO THE LONG PING ESTATE IN THE NORTHWEST OF YUEN LONG TOWN,
THERE HE SAW MANY FORMER VILLAGERS OF THE TIN SHUI WAI CLEARANCE AS WELL AS NEWCOMERS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TERRITORY WHO WERE ABLE TO ENJOY SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED AND COMFORTABLE LIVING CONDITIONS IN THIS NEWEST GENERATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES DESIGNED FOR A POPULATION OF 35,000.
SIR DAVID VISITED THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, INDOOR GAMES HALL AND COMMUNITY HALL. HE ALSO PAID A COURTESY VISIT TO THE HOME OF THE CHAIRLADY OF ONE OF THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES RECENTLY FORMED
IN THE ESTATE.
THE NEXT STOP WAS NAM PIN WAI, A WALLED VILLAGE SITUATED AT THE EASTERN EDGE OF YUEN LONG TOWN.
THE GOVERNOR WAS GREETED BY THE VILLAGE GIVEN A GUIDED TOUR OF THE TRADITIONAL VILLAGE.
REPRESENTATIVES AND
HE WAS ALSO BRIEFED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER ON PROPOSALS то IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF THE VILLAGE.
THE GOVERNOR THEN MADE A BRIEF STOP AT SAU FU STREET NEAR THE YUEN LONG NULLAH.
IF WAS BRIEFED BY THE PROJECT MANAGER ON WORKS WHICH ARE BEING CARRIED OUT TO IMPROVE THE YUEN LONG NULLAH OVER WHICH HE HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN DURING HIS VISIT TO THE DISTRICT LAST YEAR.
SIR DAVID ENDED HIS VISIT BY MEETING MEMBERS OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD AND REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AT A TEA RECEPTION.
PLANS TO IMPROVE YUEN LONG NULLAH
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THERE ARE PLANS TO IMPROVE THE YUEN LONG NULLAH, STARTING FROM NEXT YEAR, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER TOURING YUEN LONG, SIR DAVID SAID THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE ABOUT $92 MILLION.
"IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT ALL THE RESEARCH WORK HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED. A SOLUTION HAS BEEN WORKED OUT, HE SAID.
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