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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1975

LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS VISITS FACTORIES

AND WELFARE CENTRE IN TSUEN WAN ******

LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS, PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, SPENT THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON VISITING TWO FACTORIES AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TSUEN WAN.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, MR.. DENYS ROBERTS, LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS VISITED THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE RUN BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE MET ON ARRIVAL BY MR. MORRIS MORGAN, ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE MR. HENRY AU, SENIOR PRINCIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, GROUP AND COMMUNITY WORK DIVISION AND MRS. MARGARET AU, THE WARDEN OF THE CENTRE.

THE PARTY FIRST SAW A NUMBER OF CHILDREN AT PLAY IN THE CENTRE'S GROUP ACTIVITIES AND COMMON ROOMS. THEY THEN WENT ON TO THE NON-PROFIT NURSERY RUN BY THE Y.W.C.A. ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THE CENTRE. THIS NURSERY CATERS FOR SOME 200 CHILDREN OF WORK IMG PARENTS AT A COST OF $30 FOR EACH CHILD.

BEFORE VISITING THE WELFARE CENTRE, LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS, ESCORTED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. IAN PRICE, TOURED TWO FACTORIES IN TSUEN WAN.

'THE PARTY. STARTED WITH A VISIT TO THE SUN CHEONG FOAM RUBBER * MANUFACTORY LTD., WHERE THEY WERE MET BY THE FACTORY'S MANAGING

DIRECTOR, MR. Y.Ť. CHOW AND THE FACTORY MANAGER, MR. PIE DOW-YEUNG,

THIS COMPANY, ESTABLISHED IN 1968, MAKES FOAM RUBBER AND FOAMED PLASTICS FOR LOCAL FURNITURE AND GARMENT MANUFACTURERS, AND EMPLOYS 37 (DAILY-RATED WORKERS.

THE SECOND FACTORY VISITED WAS PENINSULA KNITTERS LTD. HERE THE COMPANY CHAIRMAN, MR. H.C. TANG, AND A DIRECTOR, MR. C.L. SUN, LED THE OFFICIAL PARTY ON A TOUR OF THE FACTORY.

LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS WAS TOLD THAT THIS COMPANY EXPORTS ABOUT $20 MILLION WORTH OF FASHIONED KNITWEAR A YEAR, MAINLY TO THE UNITED STATES. THE FACTORY EMPLOYS 200 WORKERS.

EARLIER IN THE DAY, LADY GOROMIY-ROBERTS ALSO SPENT AN HOUR VISITING THE TAI LAM PRÍSON FOR WOMEN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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