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FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1987

THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON ALSO VISITED A FAMILY AT KA LAI HOUSE AND HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE ON HOW THE COMMITTEE HELPED FOSTER NEIGHBOURLINESS AND THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AMONG RESIDENTS.

SIR DAVID LEARNT THAT THE BUILDING HAD JOINED THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME+ WHICH WAS FIRST LAUNCHED IN THE DISTRICT IN 1985. A TOTAL OF 1 823 HOUSEHOLDS IN 27 BUILDINGS HAD JOINED THE SCHEME SINCE THEN.

THE PARTY ALSO WENT TO THE MARTHA BOSS COMMUNITY CENTRE IN HO MAN TIN AND TOURED A SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, A NURSERY, A WORK ACTIVITY CENTRE FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED.

SIR DAVID CONCLUDED HIS VISIT AT A RECEPTION IN THE COMMUNITY HALL OF THE CENTRE WHERE HE MET KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND LOCAL PERSONALITIES.

WALLED CITY PLAN 'A MAJOR STEP FORWARD'

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THE RE-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR KOWLOON WALLED CITY IS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE END OF HIS FOURTH DISTRICT VISIT, TO KOWLOON CITY, SIR DAVID SAID THE WALLED CITY HAD BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

NOTING THAT HE HAD SEEN THE PROBLEMS IN THE WALLED CITY IN THE PAST, HE SAID, +WHAT INTERESTS ME NOW IS THE PROGRESS IN REDEVELOPING THAT AREA, ALL OF THAT IS AT THE MOMENT GOING VERY WELL.+

+I'D SEEN THE APPALLING PROBLEMS THERE FOR MANY MANY YEARS. IT'S BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH THOSE PROBLEMS. THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOW TACKLING THEM IS BELIEVE A MAJOR STEP FORWARD AND SOMETHING ABOUT WHICH I PERSONALLY AM DELIGHTED, SIR DAVID SAID.

SIR DAVID SAID THAT HIS CONCERN WAS TO SEE THAT THE WALLED CITY BE PROPERLY RE-DEVELOPED AND TO SEE THAT THE PROGRAMME WENT AHEAD WELL.

ASKED IF HE WOULD GO INTO THE WALLED CITY AREA SOME OTHER DAY, HE SAID THERE WERE MANY PLACES IN HONG KONG HE HAD GOT TO VISIT.

/+THE POPULATION