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Thursday, August 17, 1972

UMELCO MEMBERS VISIT NEW TERRITORIES

Mr. Wilson T.S. Wang and Mr. H.M.G. Forsgate,

UMELCO members, will visit three areas in the New

Territories on Saturday, August 19.

This is one of the normal series of UMELCO

visits to New Territories districts.

On this occasion it will start off with

call on Ling Shan Village from which a complaint

has been received about the dirty conditions there.

The visit coincides with the "Keep Hong

Kong Clean" campaign.

From Ling Shan, Mr. Wang and Mr. Forsgate

will go to Shek Wu Hui in Sheung Shui and Lin Wo

Hui in Fan Ling.

The UMELCO members will be accompanied

on the tour by Mr. I.F.C. Macpherson, Deputy District

Commissioner, New Territories, Mr. H.S. Grewal,

District Officer, Tai Po, Mr. David Lan, Assistant

Director (New Territories), Urban Services Department,

and Mr. Henry Ma, Assistant Secretary, UMELCO Office.

You are invited to have the tour covered,

Official transport will be provided. A 14-seater van

AM2132, will leave the Tsim Sha Tsui sub-pool at 8.40 a.. sharp to bring the press party to Fan Ling.

The same van will bring the press party

back to Tsim Sha Tsui at the end of the tour which

is expected to be around 12 noon.

Release Time: 6.45 p.m.