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Governor visits Sau Mau Ping Estates
The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, today (Wednesday) visited Sau Mau Ping (I) and (II) Estates to look at changes taking place under the redevelopment programme and the social services provided in the area.
Accompanied by Director of Housing Mr Fung Tung, the Governor was briefed on the different phases of redevelopment and the on-going 'CARE' (condition, appraisal, repair, examination) programme which is a cyclical maintenance system to provide improved services to tenants.
The party then visited a family of seven which had moved to Block 24 of Sau Mau Ping II Estate as a result of relief of overcrowding. The family now occupied two units with a total internal floor area of 47.8 square metres.
Next stop was the Ho Ping Social Centre for the Elderly run by Sik Sik Yuen in the same block and Mr Patten watched the elderly enjoying the wide range of recreational activities organised by the centre. He also stopped at the Mutual Aid Committee office of that block where he was met by the chairman.
On arrival at Sau Mau Ping I Estate, the Governor visited a family of five in Sau Fu House. The family had moved to this two-bedroom flat through the pre-redevelopment transfer exercise in 1994.
Mr Patten finally visited the Chan Han Day Nursery of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals at Sau Fu House. He was told that the nursery provided full day care for children aged two to six.
End/Wednesday, April 12, 1995
Court of Appeal judgment on VMs welcomed
The Court of Appeal today (Wednesday) reversed a High Court decision under which three Vietnamese migrants (VMs) were released from detention earlier this year.
It also dismissed their lawyers' claim that the detention of all VMs in Hong Kong was illegal.