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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1980
AUSTRALIAN MP'S VISIT SHA TIN NEW TOWN
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A PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION FROM THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
HEADED BY MR W.D. LICKISS, MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE SEVEN-MEMBER DELEGATION FIRST VISITED THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS FOR A SHORT BRIEFING,
THE MP'S LATER TRAVELLED TO SHA TIN`AND WENT TO A VANTAGE POINT FOR A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
THEY WERE BRIEFED BY NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION STAFF ON HOW SHA TIN WILL PROGRESSIVELY BECOME A BALANCED, SELF-CONTAINED NEW TOWN COMMUNITY OF 750 000 PEOPLE DURING THE 1980'S.
THEY ALSO TOURED THE FO TAN INDUSTRIAL AREA, LEK YUEN ESTATE AND THE SHA TIN RACE COURSE COMPLEX.
THE DELEGATION, WHICH ARRIVED HERE ON SUNDAY AFTER VISITING JAPAN, SINGAPORE AND THE PHILIPPINES, LEAVES FOR HOME TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
LABOUR COMMISSIONER VISITS TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J.N. HENDERSON, THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING TOOK A CLOSE LOOK AT THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
ACCOMPANIED BY MRS HENDERSON AND ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (INDUSTRIAL TRAINING), MR HORACE KNIGHT, MR HENDERSON BEGAN THE TOUR BY GOING TO A HILLTOP FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE ESTATE WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR V.W. MILLER, ON WORK PROGRESS AT THE ESTATE.
IN THE ESTATE MR HENDERSON FIRST VISITED THE PLANT SITE OF THE CARLSBERG BREWERY HONG KONG, WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE COMPANY'S TECHNICAL MANAGER, MR F. ELDON.
ALSO VISITED WERE THE MAN YEE FACTORY, THE FERRO FAR EAST FACTORY AND THE YING KEE FACTORY.
THE YING KEE FACTORY SPECIALISES IN THE PRODUCTION OF STEEL FURNITURE AND SAFES, THE MAN YEE FACTORY IN TIN CANS AND THE FERRO FAR EAST FACTORY IN ENAMEL FRIT.
THE YING KEE FACTORY HAS STARTED OPERATION AND MACHINERY IS BEING INSTALLED AT THE OTHER TWO FACTORIES.
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