Wednesday, March 7, 1973
GOVERNOR PAYS FIRST VISIT TO LANTAO ISLAND
To Meet Rural Leaders And Open New Ferry Pier
The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, spent today visiting Lantao
Island and meeting rural leaders. It was Sir Murray's first official
visit to the island.
Accompanied by the District Commissioner, New Territories, Mr. D.C.
Bray, and the District Officer, Islands, Mr. Mayer NG, Sir Murray started
off the visit by flying in a helicopter to Ngong Ping for a walk through
the village and the Monastery.
He then went down the meandering Ngon Ping Access Road for Tai O
in a landrover.
During his stay there, he was met by the Chairman and members of
the Tai O Rural Committee. The party inspected the site reserved for a
proposed low cost housing project. It is one of the first seven Government
estates planned for the people in the New Territories. When completed,
the scheme will house about 3,000 people.
Sir Murray concluded his visit to Tai O by going on a water tour
of Tai O Creek by boat.
The Lady Maurine took the party from Tai O to Sha Lo Wan, a village
on the northern shore of Lantao Island, where Sir Murray officiated at the
opening ceremony of the ferry pier and footpath of the village recently
completed by the Public Works Department.
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