4000035
P.R. 33
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION SERVICES
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
Thursday, November 19, 1970
ACTING GOVERNOR OPENS 500TH RESETTLEMENT BLOCK
AND 50TH ESTATE SCHOOL
Full Text of Sir Hugh's Speech
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The following is the full text of the speech given by Sir Hugh
Norman-Walker, the Acting Governor, at this (Thursday) afternoon's opening
ceremony of the 500th resettlement block and 50th estate school at Lam Tin:
"Eleven years ago in November 1959 the then Colonial Secretary,
Mr. Burgess, referring to the magnitude of the task that lay ahead, said
that he saw no alternative to building a 101st, a 150th, a 200th resettlement
block and if that was to be achieved enthusiasm and resolution could not
be allowed to flag in any quarter.
"We have passed these milestones long since;
without ceremony
the 300th, the 400th blocks have been built and filled with people.
"But to-day is a special event: the completion of the 500th block
deserves commemoration; it is the right moment to look back at what has been
achieved; to remember all those who have contributed to this achievement;
to review the scope and nature of the changes that have been introduced over
the years and to grasp the ineluctable nature of the housing commitment.
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