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Governor and FCO Minister visit Central and Western
The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, visited the Central and Western District today (Thursday) to see how people are preparing for the upcoming Lunar New Year.
He was joined by the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hanley; and the Director of Home Affairs, Mrs Shelley Lau.
The party first toured the Caritas Social Centre for the Elderly at Caine Road, where they watched some senior citizens writing good luck "fai chuns", making lanterns and cutting paper silhouettes for decoration during the festive period. They also took an interest in the preparation of traditional food for the Spring Festival by a group of women.
They then went to the adjacent Caritas Lok Yau Early Education and Training Centre where a group of mentally disabled children were being taught to put coins into "laisee" packets.
After touring the Caritas facilities, they proceeded to the dried-seafood shops at Des Voeux Road West where they sampled some traditional foodstuffs used in celebrating the Lunar New Year.
The party then took a ride to The Peak by the Peak Tram. After taking a panoramic view of Central District and the West Kowloon reclamation area, they met some Central and Western District Board members and community leaders.
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Walled village in Fanling declared a monument
Lo Wai, a centuries-old walled village in Fanling, will be gazetted as a monument tomorrow (Friday) under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance.
This brings the total number of declared monuments in Hong Kong to 64.