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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1991
THE CHESHIRE HOME, SHE SAID, HAD COME A LONG
LONG WAY SINCE I BBGAN IN A DESERTED CAMP ON THE CONCRETE TERRACES OF CHUNG HOM ROK 30 YEARS AGO.
LADY WILSON NOTED THAT SINCE THE OPENING OF THE REBUILT HOMB IN MARCH 1977 BY LADY MACLEHOSE, IT HAD DONE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF GOOD AND HAD HELPED MANY, MANY PEOPLE.
ITS ROLE HAD DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, AND IT NOW CONCENTRATED ITS EFFORTS ON THE SEVERELY HANDICAPPED, SHE SAID.
LADY WILSON SAID THIS NEW BUILDING, WITH ITS MODERN FACILITIES AND COMFORTABLE ACCOMMODATION, WOULD BE
TREMENDOUS HELP IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK, ADDING THAT ITS SETTING IN THE BEAUTIFUL SITE OVERLOOKING THE SHING MUN RIVER HELPED CREATE A RELAXING, COMFORTING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CHRONICALLY ILL AND DISABLED.
LADY WILSON CONGRATULATED ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN MAKING THE AMBITIOUS PROJECT A SUCCESS, AND PAID TRIBUTE то GROUP CAPTAIN
LEONARD CHESHIRE.
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"I AM SORRY THAT HE CANNOT BE WITH US TODAY, SHE SAID. "BUT I FEEL SURE THAT THE ETHICS AND IDEALS THAT HE HAS MANAGED TO INSTILL IN HIS HOMES ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPHELD HERE."
GOVERNOR TO OPEN REGIONAL COUNCIL BUILDING
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL BUILDING ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 26) AT 11 AM.
THE NEW HOME IN SHA TIN FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF PAI TAU STREET AND SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE ROAD, NEAR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY SHA TIN STATION.
BUILT AT A COST OF $200.6 MILLION, THE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE COMPRISES THE FIVE-LEVEL, PILLAR-MOUNTED COUNCIL CHAMBERS BLOCK AND A 20-STOREY OFFICE TOWER. IT CAN BE EASILY REACHED BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY AND IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE TOWN CENTRE.
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
AT THE MAIN SHOULD BRING
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 26). MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING BY ALONG TELEPHOTO LENSES.
SHOULD ARRIVE 10.45 AM. PHOTOGRAPHERS
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