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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1921
THE EXISTING HONG KONG - TAI O FERRY SERVICE CALLING AT CASTLE PEAK BAY WILL BE DIVERTED TO THE NEW PIER FROM MONDAY BECAUSE OF RECLAMATION WORK BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE CASTLE PEAK BAY AREA.
A NEW KMB BUS SERVICE, NO. 62, WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED ON THAT DAY TO PROVIDE A TRANSPORT LINK BETWEEN THE NEW PIER AND THE TUEN MUN TOWN CENTRE, TAI HING AND SAM SHING ESTATES, AND THE CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL.
THE FARE WILL BE 70 CENTS FOR A SINGLE JOURNEY.
FCO OFFICIAL VISITS NEW TERRITORIES
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A FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE OFFICIAL, MR HENRY MCQUADE, VISITED THE NEW TERRITORIES TODAY (FRIDAY).
MR MCQUADE, WHO IS ASSISTANT IN THE HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT, WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER OF THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT, MR ROBERT ADDERLEY, DURING A HELICOPTER TOUR WHICH INCLUDED THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY POWER STATION SITE ON LAMMA ISLAND AND THE PROPOSED AIRPORT SITE AT CHEK LAP KOK, LANTAU.
HE ALSO FLEW OVER CHEUNG CHAU, TSING YI, TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN, SAI KUNG, TAI PO, FANLING, YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN BEFORE LANDING AT THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY SITE AT TAP SHEK KOK WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE GENERAL PROJECTS SITE MANAGER, MR JACK WOODS, ON THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR POWER PLANT PROJECT.
AFTER SEEING MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN TUEN MUN IN THE COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM, MR MCQUADE TRAVELLED TO NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS FOR A BRIEFING BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM.
AFTER LUNCH HOSTED BY MR CHUI IN SHA TIN, MR MCQUADE WENT TO TSOK POK SHAN WHERE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG, AND THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR KENNETH KWOK, POINTED OUT PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS AND THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
HIS FINAL CALL WAS TAI PO WHERE PROGRESS ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS WAS OUTLINED BY THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MIKE ARNOLD.
MR MCQUADE, WHO ARRIVED ON WEDNESDAY, IS MEETING SEVERAL GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS OFFICIALS DURING HIS TWO-WEEK VISIT HERE.
HE WILL HAVE LUNCH WITH THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, ON OCTOBER 27, THE DAY BEFORE HE LEAVES HONG KONG FOR SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.
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