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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1992
GOVERNOR VISITS TSUEN WAN
THE
GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED TSUEN WAN THE FIRST NEW TOWN
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KONG.
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OF
HONG
MR PATTEN BEGAN HIS VISIT BY WALKING IN CHUNG ON STREET WHERE LOCAL COMMERCIAL AND SHOPPING CENTRES ARE SITUATED.
HE THEN WENT TO TAI UK WAI VILLAGE, WHICH WAS BUILT BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE 1950'S TO REHOUSE VILLAGERS AFFECTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF TAI LAM CHUNG RESERVOIR.
AMONG THE FIRST GROUP OF
THERE HE VISITED A FAMILY WHO WAS VILLAGERS RESETTLED TO THE VILLAGE IN 1956.
MR PATTEN THEN LEFT FOR THE TSUEN KING CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE, A 1,600-MEMBER SOCIAL SERVICES ESTABLISHMENT UNDER THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS.
ON A ROOFTOP IN RIVIERA GARDENS, A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, MR PATTEN HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF TSUEN WAN TOWN AND WAS BRIEFED BY TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RAYMOND YOUNG, ON LAND USE AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.
BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS VISIT, RECEPTION WHERE HE MET AND DISCUSSED BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
MR
PATTEN ATTENDED A COMMUNITY LOCAL AFFAIRS WITH DISTRICT
MR PATTEN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY OF THE TERRITORIES, MR ALBERT LAM AND MR YOUNG.
GOVERNOR'S BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETS
NEW
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPER PATTEN, THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING CHAIRED THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF HIS BUSINESS GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
SIXTEEN BUSINESS LEADERS AND THREE SENIOR GOVERNMENT ATTENDED THE MEETING.
COUNCIL,
COUNCIL AT
OFFICIALS
"THE GOVERNOR HAD A VALUABLE DISCUSSION WITH HIS BUSINESS
INFORMATION CO-ORDINATOR, MR MIKE HANSON, SAID.
LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENT
THE GOVERNOR HAD SAID IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS TO THE COUNCIL THAT HE WOULD ASK THE BUSINESS COUNCIL TO PUT THE OF COMPETITION POLICY IN HONG KONG AT THE TOP OF ITS AGENDA.
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"SO IT WAS APPROPRIATE THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION OF THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AT ITS FIRST MEETING, MR HANSON SAID.
INFLATION WAS THE OTHER KEY ISSUE TACKLED DURING THE MEETING.
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