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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1987
GOVERNOR TO VISIT LONDON
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT LONDON FROM OCTOBER 26 TO 28 FOLLOWING HIS VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES.
WHILE IN LONDON, HE WILL ATTEND THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 27. THE GOVERNOR LAST VISITED LONDON IN JULY.
GOVERNOR SEES SOUTHERN DISTRICT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND LADY WILSON TODAY
[ WEDNESDAY) TOURED SOUTHERN DISTRICT BY AIR, LAND AND SEA.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BRIAN CHAU, AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SIMON
LORD, SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON BEGAN THEIR TOUR WITH A HELICOPTER FLIGHT FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE PROMINENT FEATURES OF THE LARGEST OF THE URBAN DISTRICTS, INCLUDING NEW DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS TELEGRAPH BAY RECLAMATION AND THE SITE OF THE PLANNED WAH KWEI PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AT KELLETT BAY.
LANDING AT THE WONG CHUK HANG SPORTS GROUND, THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON WERE GREETED BY SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR JASPER LAM.
THE PARTY THEN WALKED TO THE WONG CHUK HANG INDUSTRIAL AREA WHERE THEY VISITED THE NEW ISLAND PRINTING FACTORY AND WERE SHOWN THE LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN THE PRINTING TRADE.
SIR DAVID, LADY WILSON AND THEIR SONS WERE THEN DRIVEN TO SHUM WAN ROAD PIER WHERE THEY BOARDED A SAMPAN FOR A TOUR OF THE ABERDEEN HARBOUR. DURING THE TRIP, THE GOVERNOR LEARNT OF THE WORKINGS OF HONG KONG'S LARGEST FISHING PORT FROM MARINE OFFICER, MR M.K. CHAN.
HE WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE LARGE CLEARANCE, REHOUSING AND RECLAMATION PROJECT ON THE NORTHERN SHORE OF AP LEI CHAU.
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THE SITE, WHICH HAS AROUND 6,000 SQUATTERS AND BOAT DWELLERS AND MORE THAN 200 SMALL SHIPYARDS AND WORKSHOPS, WILL BE CLEARED TWO PHASES TO MAKE WAY FOR 8.5 HECTARES OF RECLAMATION TO BE USED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS. MOST OF THE SQUATTERS AND BOAT DWELLERS ARE BEING REHOUSED IN LEI TUNG ESTATE ON AP LET CHAU.
THE GOVERNOR
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