XN000022-1980-05-27 — Page 5

TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1980

MP'S VISIT SHA TIN, CALL ON HEUNG YEE KUK

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THE TWO CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, DR KEITH HAMPSON AND MR DAVID HUNT, WHO ARE ON A 10-DAY VISIT TO HONG KONG, TOURED SHA TIN NEW TOWN THIS AFTERNOON (TUESDAY) AND CALLED ON THE HEUNG YEE KUK.

THE TWO MP'S FIRST CALLED AT NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS FOR A 30-MINUTE BRIEFING BY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUÍ KAM.

THEY THEN TRAVELLED TO LEK YUEN ESTATE, SHA TIN, FOR LUNCH WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, AND PROJECT MANAGER, MR KENNETH KWOK. ALSO PRÉSENT WERE EIGHT ÚNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

AFTER LUNCH, THE TWO MP'S VISITED THE NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING UNIT IN LEK YUEN ESTATE, ACCOMPANIED BY SHA TIN DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, MR IVAN SCOTT, AND THE WO CHE ESTATE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX.

THE NEXT CALL WAS AT THE SHU! WO COURT HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME LOOKOUT POINT WHERE DR HASE TOLD THE VISITORS THAT SHA TIN SHOULD BE A MAJOR NEW TOWN FOR THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION PEOPLE BY 1989, BUILT TO THE HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. IT WOULD HAVE 16 PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, SIX OR SEVEN MAJOR PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATES AND LARGE AREAS OF HIGH CLASS RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION. HE SAID THE NEW TOWN WOULD BE WELL WOODED, EQUIPPED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES SUFFICIENT TO MAKE IT A MAJOR SHOPPING CENTRE IN THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

THE VISITORS ALSO TOURED THE FO TAN VALLEY FOR A BRIEFING ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TOWN.

AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN TWO HOURS IN SHA TIN, THE MP'S WENT TO THE HEUNG YEE KUK HEADQUARTERS IN KOWLOON TONG, WHERE THEY WERE MET BY THE CHAIRMAN, MR STEPHEN WONG AND THE VICE CHAIRMAN MR LAU WONG-FAT. A RANGE OF TOPICS WERE DISCUSSED.

DURING THE IR VISIT TO HONG KONG, THE MP'S WILL MEET OFFICIALS FROM THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, EDUCATION DÉPARTMENT AND THE POLICE. THEY SPENT THIS MORNING WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND WILL ATTEND A RECEPTION AT THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING.

THEY WILL ALSO MEET THE GOVERNOR, URBAN COUNCILLORS AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS,