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Chairman of the University Council, Sir S Y Chung, briefed them on the operation of the university which first opened its doors in 1991 and has since saw its students body increased tenfold in five years to 7,000.
Most of its 500 academic staff were trained in the world's leading institutions of learning.
The visitors then went to Tseung Kwan O, now Hong Kong's latest and most rapidly expanding new town. Its population has grown by about five times from 49,000 in 1987 to 204,000 in just 10 years.
At King Lam Estate, Mr Patten and Mr Hanley walked through an elegant Chinese-style landscape garden, which provide a spacious recreational area for residents' enjoyment. Features in the garden include a waterfall, a pond, pavilions, stone bridges, rock carvings and children's play equipment.
The party concluded their visit at the King Lam Neighbourhood Community Centre, which accommodates the Christian Family Service Centre Jackie Chan King Lam Children and Youth Centre; the Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service, Lutheran Church - Hong Kong Synod, Day Nursery; and the Christian and Missionary Alliance Bradbury King Lam Elderly Centre.
Residents at the elderly centre gave the visitors a demonstration on mini mooncake, Chinese calligraphy, paper-flower and bookmark making.
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Water cut in Tai Po
The fresh and flushing water supply to some premises in Tai Po will be temporarily suspended from 11 pm on Tuesday (September 17) to 6 am the following day for waste detection work on watermains.
The suspension will affect Tai Hang, Wai Tau Tsuen, Nam Wa Po and Kiu Tau of Tai Wo Section of Tai Po Road.
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