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Royal Visit.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1986
MEMORABLE VISIT FOR HOUSING ESTATE FAMILY
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FOR ONE FAMILY LIVING IN LUNG HANG ESTATE AT SHA TIN OCTOBER 22
THAT DAY THEY WILL HAVE A SPECIAL WILL BE AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY.
GUEST IN THE IR HOUSING AUTHORITY FLAT - THE QUEEN.
HER MAJESTY WILL VISIT THE AS YET UNNAMED FAMILY DURING A
OTHER ESTATE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING HALF-HOUR VISIT TO THE ESTATE, THE DISABLED AND ELDERLY, WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THE QUEEN WHEN SHE WALKS THROUGH THE CENTRAL PIAZZA OF THE ESTATE.
EARLIER, MANY KOWLOON RESIDENTS ALONG THE ROUTE WILL HAVE SEEN HER MAJESTY AS SHE IS DRIVEN TO SHA TIN.
ON HER ARRIVAL AT THE LUNG HANG ESTATE THE QUEEN WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, WHO WILL PRESENT THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR JOHN TODD, AND THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR Y.L. PANG.
MR PANG WILL CONDUCT HER MAJESTY AROUND A DISPLAY SHOWING THE
HE WILL THEN ACCOMPANY THE QUEEN. ON WORK OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
HER WALK THROUGH THE PIAZZA AND ON HER VISIT TO THE FLAT.
AT THE END OF HER VISIT MR TODD WILL PRESENT THE QUEEN WITH A COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET.
LUNG HANG ESTATE HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS TYPICAL OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATES IN THE GROWING NEW TOWNS. OCCUPYING 11.23 HECTARES, THE ESTATE, BUILT IN THREE PHASES, HOUSES MORE THAN 26 000 PEOPLE IN 5 791 FLATS ARRANGED IN 12 BLOCKS.
THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME THE QUEEN WILL HAVE VISITED A HONG KONG FAMILY IN THE IR HOME. DURING HER VISIT IN MAY 1975 HER MAJESTY CALLED AT THE FLAT OF THE 11-MEMBER TANG FAMILY DURING HER VISIT TO OI MAN ESTATE. SHE ALSO MADE AN UNSCHEDULED STOP AT A CHINESE MEDICINE SHOP IN THE ESTATE RUN BY MR HUI KING-MOW.
MR DONALD LIAO WAS ALSO PRESENTED TO THE QUEEN ON THAT OCCASION. AT THAT TIME HE WAS DIRECTOR OF HOUSING.
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