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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1991

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PM TOURS MA ON SHAN ESTATE

THE PRIME

MINISTER, MR JOHN MAJOR, THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING TOURED ONE OF THE MOST PICTURESQUE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN HONG KONG

HENG ON ESTATE IN MA ON SHAN,

PRIME THE

MINISTER AND MRS MAJOR, FIRST TOURED THE CHINESE WHICH IS A VERY POPULAR RECREATION GARDEN

GROUND FOR THE 24,000 RESIDENTS AS WELL AS PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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HOUSING

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AT THE SHOPPING CENTRE, THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR FUNG BRIEFED

PRIME MINISTER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC THE HONG KONG, ESPECIALLY DEVELOPMENTS IN SHA TIN.

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE SOME THREE MILLION PEOPLE

POPULATION, KONG'S HONG

PUBLIC LIVING IN SOME 143 ESTATES AND 85 HOME OWNERSHIP COURTS.

OVER HALF RENTAL HOUSING

OF

MR MAJOR THEN WALKED THROUGH THE SHOPPING CENTRE TO THE HALL TO SEE SOME OF THE FACILITIES THERE.

SPORTS

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FAMILY THREE

HE ALSO VISITED A FAMILY IN HENG YAT HOUSE AND MEMBERS MR YAU KWONG-MING, A GARMENT WORKER, HIS WIFE AND THEIR CHILDREN. MR MAJOR WAS TOLD OF THEIR LIVING CONDITION THERE.

FROM THE ROOF OF THE BLOCK, THE PRIME MINISTER HAD A VIEW OF MA ON SHAN AND THE NEIGHBOURING AREA.

PANORAMIC

THE 12-HECTARE HENG ON ESTATE HAS SEVEN RENTAL BLOCKS WITH MORE THE THAN 6,000 HOUSING UNITS. THE FIRST BATCH OF RESIDENTS MOVED INTO ESTATE IN EARLY 1987.

PM VISITS CITY POLYTECHNIC

THE PRIME MINISTER, MR JOHN MAJOR, TOOK A RIDE ON THE MTR THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON ΤΟ KOWLOON TONG WHERE HE VISITED THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG TO SEE THE VARIOUS FACILITIES AND MEET OF THE STUDENTS THERE.

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MR MAJOR AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR DOUGLAS HURD, WERE MET BY THE SECRETARY EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CITY POLYTECHNIC COUNCIL, MR CHENG HON-KWAN.

THE PRIME MINISTER FIRST VISITED THE EXPRESS TERMINAL WHERE THE FACILITIES OF THE CAMPUS NETWORK WAS DEMONSTRATED AND MR MAJOR SENT AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE TO ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS IN THE POLYTECHNIC.

MR MAJOR TREN TOURED THE LIBRARY AND THE SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION LABORATORY WHERE HE WATCHED A CLASS IN SESSION,

AT THE COMPUTER CENTRE, THE PRIME MINISTER OBSERVED STUDENTS WORKING AT COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS, AND WAS SHOWN A DEMONSTRATION OF THE COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN FACILITIES.

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