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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1986

THE REST WILL BE EARMARKED FOR GOVERNMENT-INSTITUTION-COMMUNITY PURPOSES AND OPEN SPACE USES AS WELL AS FOR FACILITIES WHICH HAD BEEN DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THE RECLAMATION, SUCH AS GODOWNS AND CARGO-HANDLING AREAS.

SIR DAVID THEN VISITED A NUMBER OF SHOPS IN NAM PAK HONG+ IN SHEUNG WAN.

NAM PAK HONG IS THE EARLIEST THRIVING BUSINESS CENTRE FOUNDED SOON AFTER HONG KONG WAS OPENED AS A PORT IN 1842. IT INCLUDES A CLUSTER OF SHOPS ALONG A FEW NARROW STREETS IN THE AREA NOW OCCUPIED BY BONHAM STRANDS EAST AND WEST AND WING LOK STREET.

THE ACTING GOVERNOR ALSO WENT TO THE TSUNG SAU LANE WEST SITTING-OUT AREA, WHICH WAS BUILT BY THE DISTRICT BOARD TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE CROWDED RESIDENTIAL AREA,

SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED ON THE URBAN RENEWAL PILOT SCHEME IN THE DISTRICT DESIGNED TO IMPROVE ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED AREAS OF HONG KONG BY PROVIDING LARGER SITES, THROUGH ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES, FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

SIR DAVID THEN WALKED ALONG HOLLYWOOD ROAD, BRIDGES STREET AND LADDER STREET WHERE HE SAW SOME OF THE OLD BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT LIKE THE Y.M.C.A. AND MAN MO TEMPLE,

LATER, AT THE PODIUM OF THE SHUN TAK CENTRE, WHICH HOUSES THE NEW MACAU FERRY TERMINAL, SIR DAVID LEARNED ABOUT THE RELOCATION OF THE POOR MEN'S NIGHT CLUB+ SITE NEXT WEEK, AND THE SCHEME TO UPGRADE CONNAUGHT ROAD.

AT THE END OF HIS TOUR, SIR DAVID ALSO MET MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT AN INFORMAL GATHERING.

MINISTER OPENS NEW HONG KONG EXHIBITION ******

THE FOREIGN OFFICE MINISTER WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TERRITORY, MR TIMOTHY RENTON, DECLARED OPEN THE NEW HONG KONG EXHIBITION AT THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE IN LONDON THIS MORNING (HONG KONG TIME).

ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, THE MINISTER WAS THEN SHOWN AROUND THE EXHIBITION BY HONG KONG COMMISSIONER, MR COLVYN HAYE, AND MRS HAYE.

MR RENTON SHOWED KEEN INTEREST IN THE EXHIBITS, WHICH COVER ASPECTS OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL LIFE WITH THE USE OF EYE-CATCHING PHOTOGRAPHS, GRAPHICS AND MODELS.

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