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MONDAY, MAY 24, 1982

GOVERNOR TO ATTEND MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD MEETING AND TOUR HAWKER AREA

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL ATTEND, BRIEFLY, THE THIRD MEETING OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 26) AFTERNOON.

HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LADY YOUDE, THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR GRAHAM BARNES, THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY, MR ALBERT LAM AND THE ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT HOUSE, MR NORMAN CHAN.

SHORTLY BEFORE 3 PM, SIR EDWARD WILL ARRIVE AT THE YAU MA TEI CITY DISTRICT OFFICE WHERE THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD WILL HOLD ITS MEETING. HE WILL ADDRESS THE BOARD BRIEFLY AND LISTEN TO THE BOARD'S DISCUSSIONS.

AT ABOUT 3.50 PM, THE GOVERNOR WILL TOUR THE HAWKER PERMITTED PLACE IN TUNG CHOI STŘEET.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD INVITES MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA TO ATTEND THE MEETING WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 PM ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 26) IN THE YAU MA TEI CITY DISTRICT OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF 490-492 NATHAN ROAD.

DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE CONFERENCE ROOM THE NUMBER OF MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL HAVE TO BE LIMITED TO 36 AT ANY ONE TIME.

LAPEL BADGES WILL BE ISSUED ON THE SPOT TO PRESS REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY. GIS OFFICERS WILL BRIEF THEM ON PRESS ARRANGEMENTS IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM AT 2.15 PM.

AT THE DISTRICT BOARD MEETING, MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAI YEE STREET MARKET BUILDING PROJECT.

THEY WILL ALSO EXAMINE THE DESIRABILITY OF RE-OPENING THE SIDE-STREET JUNCTIONS OF SHANGHAI STREET WHICH HAVE BEEN CLOSED TEMPORARILY TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF MTR.

THE BOARD WILL THEN BE BRIEFED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE ON THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER RECLAMATION.

IN ADDITION, BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO STUDY THE LATEST LAYOUT OF THE MONG KOK KCR TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE AND ITS FUTURE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT FACILITIES.

/PRESS REPRESENTATIVES