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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1987

+AND THAT I THINK IS VERY STRIKING EVIDENCE OF A DISTRICT WHICH HAS A SENSE OF LOYALTY TO THE DISTRICT AND A DESIRE TO

IMPROVE THE DISTRICT BY THEIR OWN ACTIONS, HE SAID.

ON THE HAWKER PROBLEM, SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD DISCUSSED THE MATTER WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICER AND WITH A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD.

+ IT'S OBVIOUSLY A VERY LARGE PROBLEM AND PEOPLE FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD FEEL THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT INDEED TO DEAL WITH THE QUESTION OF HYGIENE, PARTICULARLY OF FOOD.+

SIR DAVID NOTED THAT PEOPLE IN KWUN TONG WERE VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE DANGER OF HAVING UNHYGIENIC HAWKER FOOD STALLS.

+REMEMBER, FOR INSTANCE, THAT IN THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK LAST YEAR, EIGHT OF THE 20-ODD CASES IN HONG KONG CAME FROM KWUN TONG ITSELF, SO THEY ARE VERY ANXIOUS THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THE HAWKER PROBLEM,+ HE SAID.

SIR DAVID ALSO SAID THAT HE WAS DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN KWUN TONG, AND WAS PLEASED BY THE FRIENDLINESS OF EVERYBODY THERE.

ASKED HOW HE HANDLED PETITION LETTERS HE RECEIVED, SIR DAVID SAID WHEN A VISITOR CAME TO A DISTRICT, IT WAS A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO PUT DOWN ANY PARTICULAR PROBLEMS THEY HAD ON PAPER AND HAND IT OVER, AND ALL PETITIONS WERE OF COURSE LOOKED AT VERY CAREFULLY.

GOVERNOR LOOKS AT DEVELOPMENT IN KWUN TONG

THE GOVERNOR

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SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) TOURED KWUN TONG TO FAMILIARISE HIMSELF WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU, SIR DAVID FIRST WENT TO THE KWUN TONG HIGH LEVEL RESERVOIR AND WAS MET BY THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM HANG-FAI, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN.

ON TOP OF THE RESERVOIR, SIR DAVID GOT A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE DISTRICT AND WAS BRIEFED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER ON KWUN TONG IN GENERAL.

THE PARTY