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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1992
GOVERNOR VISITS TAI PO
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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TOURED ΤΑΙ PO THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON TO FAMILIARISE HIMSELF WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT AND THE INDIGENOUS SETTLEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
TERRITORIES,
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW MR ALBERT LAM, AND THE ΤΑΙ PO DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HO YUNG-SANG, THE GOVERNOR FIRST VISITED THE SHOPPING ARCADE OF UPTOWN PLAZA, ONE OF THE LATEST PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.
MR PATTEN TOOK A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE AREA FROM A ROOF TOP OF THE BUILDING BEFORE VISITING A FAMILY THERE.
HE THEN WENT TO LAM TSUEN
A COLLECTIVE NAME FOR THE 25 VILLAGES IN VALLEYS IRRIGATED BY THE LAM TSUEN RIVER IN NORTHERN TAI PO.
WHILE THERE, THE GOVERNOR VISITED LAM TSUEN VALLEY COMMITTEE OFFICE, LAM TSUEN FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND A 250-YEAR-OLD TIN HAU TEMPLE.
BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS TOUR, MR PATTEN MET DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AT A RESTAURANT IN TAI WO ESTATE.
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POLICE PRAISED FOR ACTION AGAINST GANGSTERS
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR
ALISTAIR ASPREY, HAS PRAISED ARMED GANGSTERS
THE POLICE FOR THEIR COURAGEOUS ACTION IN ARRESTING IN TSUEN WAN AND SENT CONDOLENCES ΤΟ THE OFFICERS INJURED IN THE INCIDENT.
"THIS WAS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF POLICE BRAVERY IN THE FACE OF HEAVILY ARMED CRIMINALS, WHICH RESULTED IN ALL THE SUSPECTS BEING APPREHENDED," HE SAID.
"I WAS DEEPLY SHOCKED TO HEAR OF THE INJURIES SUFFERED IN THE GRENADE EXPLOSION, PARTICULARLY TO THE SERGEANT WHO HAS SERIOUS EYE DAMAGE. OUR SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO THEIR FAMILIES AND WE WISH THEM ALL A SPEEDY RECOVERY," HE ADDED.
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