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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1974

GOVERNOR SEES DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN DISTRICT

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TODAY TOOK A FIRST HAND LOOK AT THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT AND LIVING CONDITION IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT.

ACCOMPANIED BY MR. PETER NG, CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, HONG KONG, SIR MURRAY TOURED THE FRUIT LAANS AT MORRISON STREET. THE SITE WOULD BE REQUIRED AS A WORK AREA FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY IN APRIL NEXT YEAR. IT IS PROPOSED. TO MOVE THESE LAANS TO A NEW SITE AT KENNEDY TOUN.

THE GOVERNOR TALKED TO THE OWNER OF ONE OF THE LAANS, MR. LEE, AND ENQUIRED ABOUT HIS TRADE AND THE CLEANLINESS OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THE GOVERNOR LATER PROCEEDED TO THE WATERFRONT WHERE HE INSPECTED STAGE FIVE OF THE CENTRAL RECLAMATION PROJECT.

SIR MURRAY ALSO TOURED THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE URBAN. RENEWAL FILOT SCHEME, COVERING HOLLYWOOD ROAD, UPPER LASCAR ROW, LOWER LASCAR ROW, TUNG STREET AND SAI STREET, AND VISITED THE KWAN FAMILY 10 SEE THE GENERAL LIVING CONDITION IN THE AREA.

MR. AND MRS. KWAN LIVE WITH THEIR FIVE CHILDREN IN A FLAT IN FOSSESS 1ON STREET. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN RESUMED FOR THE URBAN RENEWAL SCHENE, AND THE FAMILY HAS BEEN OFFERED REHOUSING IN A FUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN WONG CHUK HANG.

THE URBAN RENEWAL PILOT SCHEME COVERS AN AREA OF 13 ACRES AND AFFECTS 13,000 PEOPLE. IT IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1976.

THE GOVERNOR THEN DROVE TO KENNEDY TOUN WHERE HE TOURED SEVERAL PROPOSED HAWKER PERMITTED STREETS WITHIN THE HAWKER PILOT STUDY AREA. THE STREETS INVOLVED ARE SMITHFIELD, NORTH STREET, HAU WO STREET AND THE KWUN LUNG LAU ACCESS ROAD.

THE PARTY ALSO VISITED THE KENNEDY TOWN SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AT SMITHFIELD WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED LAST MONTH. THE COMPLEX, CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING OVER 3,000 PEOPLE AT ONE TIME, COMPRISES A MAIN POOL, A DRIVING POOL, A TRAINING POOL, AND CHILDREN AND PADDLING POOLS.

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