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THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1985

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LADY YOUDE SPENDS BUSY AFTERNOON IN WAN CHAI

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THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, LADY YOUDE, HAD A BUSY AFTERNOON IN WAN CHAI TODAY (THURSDAY), LOOKING AT OLD AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS, VISITING SEVERAL ORGANISATIONS AND MEETING PEOPLE.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM KAM-KWONG, SHE FIRST WENT TO THE ROOF OF HOPEWELL CENTRE ON QUEEN'S ROAD ÉAST FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE DISTRICT AND A BRIEFING BY MR LAM ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN RENEWAL IN THE AREA.

LADY YOUDE THEN VISITED THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S WAN CHAI HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY IN SPRING GARDEN LANE, A HOSTEL OCCUPIED BY 115 OLD PEOPLE WHICH WAS SET UP BY THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR TO FURTHER RELIEVE THE SHORTAGE OF HOSTEL PLACES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE CAPABLE OF SELF CARE.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY VISITS TO THE ST PAUL'S SECONDARY SCHOOL AND THE HONG KONG SANITORIUM.

THE PARTY LATER WENT TO PATERSON STREET AND CALLED AT A RESIDENTIAL UNIT THERE.

LADY YOUDE ALSO TOURED THE TIGER BALM GARDENS, A POPULAR TOURIST SPOT RECENTLY RENOVATED AND RENAMED AW BOON HAW GARDENS.

BEFORE LEAVING THE DISTRICT, SHE STOPPED AT THE METHODIST YOUTH CENTRE ON HENNESSY ROAD.

TWO DISTRICT BOARDS TO ELECT CHAIRMEN *****

TWO MORE NEW DISTRICT BOARDS WILL ELECT THEIR CHAIRMEN TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

AT TUEN MUN IN THE MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO ELECT A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL.

THE ELECTIONS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSIONS ON THE BOARD'S STANDING ORDERS, THE FORMATION OF SIX COMMITTEES, ALLOCATION OF DB FUNDS AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN TUEN MUN.

IN THE AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD WILL MEET TO ELECT THEIR CHAIRMAN AND DISCUSS SIMILAR BOARD MATTERS.

/THEY WILL