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SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1976

LADY MACLEHOSE TO SEE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN CHAIWAN

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LADY MACLEHOSE WILL VISIT THE CHAI WAN AREA ON HONG KONG ISLAND TOMORROW (MONDAY) MORNING TO SEE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THERE.

ACCOMPANIED BY MR. I.M. LIGHTBODY, SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, LADY MACLEHOSE WILL INSPECT THE CONSTRUCTION AND PILING WORKS IN PROGRESS AT YUE WAN ESTATE WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY NAMED CHAI WAN (AREA 6) ESTATE.

SHE WILL THEN PROCEED TO HING WAH ESTATE AND VISIT A FAMILY IN FUNG KING HOUSE. THE FAMILY HAD PREVIOUSLY LIVED IN THE ALDRICH BAY SQUATTER AREA AND WAS REHOUSED THERE TOGETHER WITH MANY FAMILIES AFTER THEY WERE MADE HOMELESS IN THE BIG FIRE ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO, COVER LADY MACLEHOSE'S VISIT. SHE WILL ARRIVE AT THE YUE WAN ESTATE BUILDING SITE ABOUT 10 A.M. AND AT FUNG HING HOUSE, HING WAH ESTATE ABOUT 10.30 A.M.

H.K. FLOWERS FOR COMMONWEALTH DAY IN LONDON

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HONG KONG FLOWERS WILL BE USED FOR THE FIRST TIME TO DECORATE THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY IN LONDON FOR THE COMMONWEALTH DAY CEREMONY.

A BOX, CONTAINING SIX CUTTINGS EACH OF RED IXORA AND WHITE DICHROA, IS BEING FLOWN TO LONDON FOR THIS PURPOSE, TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE FLOWERS HAVE BEEN PICKED FROM THE ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS.

THE COMMONWEALTH DAY CEREMONY IS NORMALLY ATTENDED BY THE COMMONWEALTH HIGH COMMISSIONERS AND HEADS OF VARIOUS COMMONWEALTH SOCIETIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS. AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS IS THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER.

FOR THE OCCASION, THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY IS DECORATED WITH FLOWERS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH.

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