SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1985
SIR EDWARD TAKES A LOOK AT VILLAGE LIFE ******
VILLAGERS OF KAT O TURNED UP IN FORCE TO GREET THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (SATURDAY) WHEN HE VISITED THE REMOTE ISLAND TO OFFICIATE AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF A WATER SUPPLY PROJECT.
THE ORIGINAL MAINS WATER SUPPLY TO THE ISLAND WAS INSTALLED IN 1963 WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ARMED FORCES.
BECAUSE OF THE EROSION OF THE PIPES, THE SUBMARINE SECTION OF THE MAINS WAS REPLACED BY THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AND THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED TWO MONTHS AGO.
AFTER PERFORMING A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY, SIR EDWARD TOURED THE ISLAND AND VISITED THE 300-YEAR-OLD TIN HAU TEMPLE WHICH HAD RECENTLY BEEN RENOVATED.
EARLIER, THE GOVERNOR ALSO VISITED ANOTHER REMOTE ISLAND, TAP MUN, TO LOOK AT VILLAGE LIFE,
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, DR JAMES HAYES, SIR EDWARD FLEW THERE BY HELICOPTER.
HE TOURED THE ISLAND AND VISITED THE KING LAM PRIMARY SCHOOL, THE TAP MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, AND THE 200-YEAR-OLD TIN HAU TEMPLE.
SIR EDWARD LATER CALLED ON THE FAMILY OF MR LAI LIN-KUN, WHO MOVED ASHORE TWO YEARS AGO AFTER HAVING BEEN A FISHERMAN FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
GOVERNOR TO VISIT NANKING, SHANGHAI ******
THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TOLD REPORTERS TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT HE WOULD BE GOING TO CHINA EARLY NEXT MONTH SPENDING ABOUT A WEEK VISITING NANKING AND SHANGHAI.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING TWO OUTLYING ISLANDS, TAP MUN AND KAT O, SIR EDWARD SAID HE EXPECTED TO LEAVE HONG KONG SOMEWHERE AROUND ABOUT THE SECOND OR THIRD OF MAY.
ASKED IF THERE WOULD BE OFFICIALS FROM NCNA ACCOMPANYING HIM, HE SAID HE EXPECTED THERE WOULD BE.
/IN RESPONSE
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