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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1994
GOVERNOR TOURS WAN CHAI DISTRICT
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TOURED DISTRICT IN A DOWNPOUR THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
WAN CHAI
THE
MR PATTEN STARTED OFF HIS VISIT BY UNVEILING A PLAQUE FOR WAN CHAI GREEN TRAIL THE FIRST URBAN NATURE TRAIL IN THE TERRITORY.
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IN
ALONG WAN WHILE HIKING UP THE 1.5-KILOMETRE TRAIL WHICH RUNS CHAI GAP ROAD, THE GOVERNOR WAS INTRODUCED TO THE NATURAL FEATURES THE NEARBY AREA.
HIS NEXT STOP WAS A CALL AT THE BAPTIST OI KWAN SOCIAL CENTRE WHERE HE WATCHED CHILDREN AT PLAY.
SERVICE
OF BUSTLE
THE ROAD
THE GOVERNOR THEN EXPERIENCED THE HUSTLE AND EVERYDAY LIFE OF RESIDENTS WHEN HE STROLLED ALONG THE BOWRINGTON MARKET BEFORE ARRIVING AT TIMES SQUARE.
FROM
CAUSEWAY
BAY,
DEVELOPMENTS
IN
THE
THE 44TH FLOOR OF THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE GOVERNOR HAD
RECENT A PANORAMIC VIEW OF DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE WATERFRONT RECLAMATION.
BEFORE CONCLUDING
HIS
VISIT, THE GOVERNOR ATTENDED A TEA RECEPTION HOSTED BY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
ACCOMPANIED WAS
ON
MR PATTEN
THE VISIT BY THE SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MISS CHRISTINE CHOW, DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM AND WAN CHAI DISTRICT MR PETER MANN.
REGIONAL WAN CHAI OFFICER,
NEW STAMPS PAY TRIBUTE TO POLICE
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THE POST OFFICE HAS ISSUED A SET OF SIX SPECIAL STAMPS TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE WHICH WAS FOUNDED ON MAY 1, 1844.
AT A CEREMONY AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE THIS (WEDNESDAY) PAGLIARI MORNING TO LAUNCH THE STAMPS, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL MR MIKE PRESENTED THE
FRAMED COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, WITH A
AND THE OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER BEARING THE SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS FIRST DAY CANCELLATION.
THE CEREMONY WAS ATTENDED BY SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE POST OFFICE AND THE POLICE.
MR
PAGLIARI PRAISED THE FORCE FOR ITS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED
HISTORY.
HE DESCRIBED THE ISSUE OF THE STAMPS AS A TRIBUTE TO THE POLICE FOR
PROSPERITY ITS. OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE STABILITY AND THE COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST ONE AND A HALF CENTURIES.
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