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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1978

CONSULAR OFFICIALS VISIT NEW TOWNS

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NINE CONSULS-GENERAL IN HONG KONG TODAY WERE TAKEN ON A DAY-LONG TOUR OF THE FAST-DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS OF SHA TIN AND

TJEN MUN BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN TODD, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (DEVELOPMENT), MISS FRANCHESCA SIDNEY.

THEY VISITED THE NEW TOWNS AFTER A BRIEFING ON THE NEW TERRITOR IES DEVELOPMENTS BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES.

IN THE CONSULAR PARTY WERE MR. AND MRS. ALEX LABOYRIE

OF THE NETHERLANDS- MR. AND MRS. MOHAMAD ALI RASHTI OF IRAN-

MR. AND MRS. F.M. DOS REIS CALDEIRA OF PORTUGAL MR. AND MRS. RICHARD C. WOLF OF SWITZERLAND MR. AND MRS. MINHAJ HUSAIN OF PAKISTAN- MRS. FELICIDAD GONZALES OF THE PHILIPPINES MR. AND MRS. CHINDA ATTANAN OF THAILAND- MR. YVES RODRIGUES OF FRANCE- AND PR. AND MRS. ALFRED PREISSL OF AUSTRIA.

IN SHA TIN, THE PARTY WENT UP TO A VANTAGE POINT BEHIND SHA TIN WEI TO TAKE A SWEEPING VIEW OF THE NEW TOWN, HERE THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. GERRY HIGGINSON, AND THE NEW TOWN'S PROJECT MANAGER, MR. JOHN DON, GAVE THEM A BRIEFING ON THE PROGRESS OF DEVELOPMENT ACHIEVED SO FAR AND THE FUTURE PLANS FOR THE NEW TOWN.

THE VISITORS LATER WENT TO THE NEW TOWN'S FIRST

PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE -- LEK YUEN ESTATE - WHERE THEY TOURED A SUPERMARKET, SAW CHILDREN AT PLAY IN A KINDERGARTEN AND CALLED ON ONE OF THE FAMILIES LIVING THERE.

THE PARTY THEN WENT TO LUNCH AT ISLAND HOUSE HOSTED BY

MR. AND MRS. AKERS-JONES.

IN THE AFTERNOON, THE CONSULAR OFFICIALS TOURED TUEN MUN WHERE THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. PETER IG, AND THE NEW TOWN'S PROJECT MANAGER, MR. N.K. CHAN.

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