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TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1974

NOTE TO EDITORS:

GOVERNOR TO SEE N.T. DEVELOPMENT

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL SPEND TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) TOURING SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND TAI PO. TOWN TO SEE FOR HIMSELF THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWO AREAS.

IN THE MORNING. SIR MURRAY WILL VISIT SHA TIN NEW TOWN WHERE HE WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF THE.... TOWN. HE WILL THEN PROCEED TO THE RACE COURSE SITE, PASSING LEK YUEN LOW COST HOUSING ESTATE, FO TAN, AND THE NEW RAILWAY SIDINGS.

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AFTER LUNCH AT ISLAND HOUSE, TAI PO, THE GOVERNOR WILL CALL AT TAI PO TOWN AND A TRANSIT CENTRE AT STRAFFORD HOUSE.

ON HIS WAY BACK TO HONG KONG, HE WILL HAVE A LOOK AT THE SECOND LION ROCK TUNNEL WORK.

SIR MURRAY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE DEPUTY SECRETARY, MR, JOHN CHAMBERS, THE DISTRICT OFFICERS OF SHA TIN AND TAI PO, MR. MICHAEL SUEN AND MR. TONY SAVAGE RESPECTIVELY, AND THE DIRECTOR OF N.T. DEVELOPMENT, MR. J.R. WHITAKER.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE VISIT.

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TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. TWO VANS WILL LEAVE THE KOWLOON SUB-POOL BEHIND THE TSIM SHA TSU1 POST OFFICE AT 10.15 A.M. THE VANS WILL BRING MEMBERS OF THE PRESS PARTY BACK TO STAR FERRY AFTER THE MORNING VISIT.

OFFICERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.