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GOVERNOR VISITS WAN CHAI

THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1987 -

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND LADY WILSON SPENT AN AFTERNOON TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITING WAN CHAI AS PART OF HIS TOUR OF THE TERRITORY'S ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS.

ACCOMPANIED

BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND

KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU; DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA; AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM, SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON BEGAN THEIR TOUR BY TAKING A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE DISTRICT FROM THE ROOFTOP OF HOPEWELL CENTRE.

THE GOVERNOR WAS BRIEFED ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN WAN CHAI NORTH THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION) BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER. SIR DAVID WAS ALSO TOLD OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS IN THE AREA AROUND HOPEWELL CENTRE INCLUDING POSSIBLE SITES FOR REDEVELOPMENT BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED ALONG SPRING GARDEN LANE ΤΟ SEE STREET MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN AN OLD URBAN AREA AND THE MEASURES TAKEN TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS DEVELOPING SMALL SITTING-OUT AREAS AND BUILDING IMPROVED REFUSE COLLECTION FACILITIES.

SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON THEN VISITED THE WAN CHAI HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY IN AN APARTMENT BLOCK IN SPRING GARDEN LANE. OPERATED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE SCHEME PROVIDES 23 FLATS FOR 112 ELDERLIES.

SIR DAVID WAS INTRODUCED TO FIVE RESIDENTS WHO THE APARTMENTS AND SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT THEIR LIVING HOW THEY SPEND THEIR DAY.

SHARE ONE OF CONDITIONS AND

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SIR DAVID THEN ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE CAUSEWAY AREA COMMITTEE HELD IN THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE. HE MET THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND DISCUSSED WITH THEM LOCAL PROBLEMS IN CAUSEWAY BAY AS WELL. AS THE CONSULTATIVE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF AREA COMMITTEES,

"THE GOVERNMENT GREATLY APPRECIATED THE WORK WHICH IS DONE THROUGHOUT HONG KONG BY AREA COMMITTEES AND OTHER GRASSROOTS ORGANISATIONS LIKE MUTUAL AIDS COMMITTEES, HE TOLD MEMBERS,

"IT IS OF GREAT VALUE TO THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE THE OPINION OF GROUPS LIKE THE AREA COMMITTEES AND ΤΟ HAVE THIS SYSTEM FOR REFLECTING SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE DISTRICT AND SOME OF THE IDEAS DEALING WITH THEM, HE ADDED.

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SIR DAVID THEN TOURED THE NEW URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEX AT LOCKHART ROAD WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE NEW DISTRICT LIBRARY WHICH 15 EQUIPPED WITH FULL AUDIO-VISUAL SERVICES, STUDY ROOM, AND

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES ROON, AS WELL AS A LENDING AND REFERENCE LIBRARY FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

/THE PARTY