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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1975
HIGH ISLAND REHOUSING SCHEME OPENED IN SAI KUNG
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THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN CHAMBERS, TODAY (THURSDAY) OFFICIALLY OPENED THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME REHOUSING DLOCKS IN SAI KUNG,
IN. A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY HELD UNDER TORRENTIAL RAIN, MR. CHANDERS SAID THAT TODAY WAS A HISTORIC DAY IN THE HISTORY OF MAN YI WAN VILLAGE AND THE SETTLEMENT OF SHA TSUI FOR IT MARKED THE OCCASION OF THEIR REMOVAL FROM ANCESTRAL HOMES TO NEW HOMES IN SAI KUNG.
+THE HOVE DOES NOT MERELY ENTAIL A RESITE OF YOUR VILLAGES IT WILL ALSO MEAN A RADICAL CHANGE IN YOUR WAY OF LIFE,* MR. CHAMBERS SAID.
THE ACTING SECRETARY ADDED THAT IT WOULD TAKE TIME FOR THE VILLAGERS TO SETTLE DOWN BUT GIVEN HARD WORK AND COMMON SENSE IT WOULD NOT BE LONG DEFORE THEY DECOME ACCUSTOMED TO THEIR NEW LIFE.
SOME OF THE 110 FAMILIES INVOLVED IN THE REHOUSING SCHEME HAVE ALREADY MOVED INTO THEIR NEW HOMES AND OTHERS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN SHORTLY.
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