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MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1978

GOVERNOR TO LAY TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL FOUNDATION STONE

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL LAY THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR THE $23 MILLION TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AT A CEREMONY TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.

SIR MURRAY WILL ARRIVE AT 3 P.M. AT THE TOWN HALL SITE, NEXT TO THE TSUEN WAN MAGISTRACY BUILDING, AND WILL BE MET BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES- THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR.DAVID MCDONALD THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR. BRIAN WILSON AND THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES.

THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SINGING AND DANCING PERFORMANCES, AS WELL AS A DRAGON DANCE WHOSE EYES WILL BE DOTTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. PETER YEUNG.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONY. TWO PRESS BUSES, AM 2088 AND AM 2135, WILL BE PROVIDED. THEY WILL LEAVE FROM BEHIND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE AT 2 P.M. THOSE WISHING TO MAKE THEIR OWN WAY THERE ARE REQUESTED TO BE IN POSITION NOT LATER THAN 2:40 P.M.

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