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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989

GOVERNOR VISITS CENTRAL AND WESTERN

INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY SCHEMES NOW UNDER WAY, THE

RESIDENTS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT WILL BENEFIT FROM A WIDE RANGE OF IMPROVEMENTS TO BOTH THE SERVICES AS A RESULT OF URBAN RENEWAL GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID DURING A VISIT TO THE DISTRICT TODAY (THURSDAY).

WOULD

SIR DAVID SAID THAT APART FROM THE PROVISION OF MUCH NERDED DISTRICT FACILITIES, THE SCHEMES

ALSO BOOST THE DISTRICT'S COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL AND IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR ITS RESIDENTS.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES ΤΟ BR OVERCOME IN IMPLEMENTING URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

THESE INCLUDED THE MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTIES NEED TO REHOUSE TENANTS. SUCH PROBLEMS WERE NOW BEING TACKLED A COMBINATION OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE INITIATIVES.

AND THE THROUGH

SIR DAVID WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID

MR DAVID LAN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD, MR AMBROSE LAU, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN FISHER.

HE FIRST VISITED LAN KWAI FONG, AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AS RESULT OF PRIVATE INITIATIVE.

SIR DAVID THEN WENT TO WING ON STREET, WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, MR F.K.HU.

HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE CORPORATION, MR ABRAHAM RAZACK, ON THE PROBLEMS OF OLD URBAN AREAS AND THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE GILMAN STREET COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT

AREA.

THE GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE PLANS TO INCORPORATE COOKED FOOD CENTRE AND AN OPEN SPACE IN THE REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME.

CARE

THERE IS ALSO A TENTATIVE PROPOSAL FOR A HOSTEL AND A DAY CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY TO

WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS PLANNED.

BE LOCATED

THE GOVERNOR NEXT VISITED HOK SZE TERRACE, WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIVE NEARBY RESIDENTIAL TERRACES.

THE NEXT STOP WAS WHITTY STREET COMPOUND, WHERE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS BEING UNDERTAKEN.

THE GOVERNOR THEN WENT TO A HIGH-RISE BUILDING FACING THE HARBOUR FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE WESTERN RECLAMATION WHICH COVERS 30 HECTARES ALONG THE SECTION OF CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST BETWEEN SHEK TONG TSUI AND CENTRAL.

/HE WAS