WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1989
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GOVERNOR VISITS HEUNG YEE KUK AND SHA TIN
* *
VISIT
VARIOUS
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY PAID A TO HEUNG YEE KUK AND LISTENED TO SENIOR KUK MEMBERS' VIEWS ON ISSUES AFFECTING THE TERRITORY AND IN PARTICULAR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HE
VISITED
SHA TIN AFTERNOON. LATER IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
HE WHERE
SAW
SIR DAVID WAS ACCOMPANIED ON HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE KUK BY ON REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES. MR ADOLF HSU, AND
THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, VISIT TO SHA TIN, BY MR HSU AND VICTOR YUNG.
THE GOVERNOR WAS MET ON ARRIVAL AT THE KUK BY ITS CHAIRMAN,
AND CHING-LEUNG
MR LIU MR VICE-CHAIRMEN, LAU WONG-FAT. AND TIN-SUNG. HE ALSO MET OTHER KUK MEMBERS.
THE
HIS
MR
MR
CHAN
IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH. MR LAU EXPRESSED THE KUK'S VIEWS ON A
REFUGEES
BOAT AND VIETNAMESE NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING VIETNAMESE
PROCESS AND PEOPLE, THE KUK'S ROLE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S CONSULTATION ITS REPRESENTATION ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE RIGHT OF HONG KONG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
OF ABODE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF
ITS ROLE IN THE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED THE THE KUK TO THE NEW TERRITORIES AND VALUED CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY. ITS VIEWS WOULD BE FULLY IN THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.
BEFORE
LEAVING
THE
KUK,
SIR DAVID
SAW
AN
EXHIBITION
OF
PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE HISTORY OF THE KUK AND ITS VARIOUS ACTIVITIES.
IN MA ON SHAN, SHA TIN. SPEND $1.8 BILLION FACILITIES MID-1990's.
TO
FOR A
OF
COMMUNITY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, AFTER VISITING THE FLEDGLING
WOULD SAID THE GOVERNMENT THE GOVERNOR
AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LAND. PROVIDE
MA IN
BY SHAN POPULATION
200,000
ON
THE
WOULD BE A MODERN SELF-CONTAINED SIR DAVID SAID MA ON SHAN
AND ADEQUATE EDUCATIONAL, TOWNSHIP WITH GOOD COMMUNICATION NETWORKS MEDICAL, SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY BUILDING FACILITIES.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
AREA WOULD PROVIDE
RESIDENTS
WITH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, HE ADDED.
SAID
COMMITTEES
HAD
HE WAS ALREADY
BEEN
NOTING THAT THERE WERE 60.000 PEOPLE NOW LIVING IN
THAT LEARN THE GOVERNOR
TO FOSTER
PLEASED
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FORMED
A
THE AREA.
AID MUTUAL
SENSE OF
NEIGHBOURLINESS AMONG RESIDENTS.
HE ALSO VISITED A FAMILY AT HENG ON ESTATE.
EARLIER, SIR
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