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QUEEN TOURS ESTATES IN KOWLOON BAY

Straight from visiting one housing estate (Wang Tau Hom)

and on her way to another (Oi Man), the Queen this morning took

a more general view of housing estates in Kowloon Bay, driving

to Beacon Hill, 680 foot above sea level.

The view from the point took in a wide sweep from the

reclaimed land at Kowloon Bay on the left, including a pilot's

eye view straight down the airport runnway 2 miles away, to

the typhoon shelter at Yaumati and Stonecutter's Island on the

right. In between: Kowloon and its mass of buildings, and busy

Victoria Harbour, with over 60 merchant ships visible.

The Governor, Sir Ilurray MacLchose, presented Mr. Ian

Lightbody, Secretary for Housing, who gave the Queen a brief

summary of the dovelopments in Government public housing,

pointing out the differenta between the old and the now estates.

The sound of more now buildings going up arose from

Kowloon, and in the hot sunshine the Queen took her dark glasscs

out of her bag and put them on. More than once she glanced up

at the scream of jot ongines of airliners on a level with the

point,, as they banked for a landing.

Further housing dovolopments worc pointed out to the

Queen with the aid of models (two at Sha Tin, Lok Tuen and Wo

Che, and ono on the island of Tsing Yi.) Also she saw and old

photograph, taken in the 1890's which showed nothing but tents

and sailing ships at anchor.

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