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The Rt Honourable

Sir Geoffrey Howe QC MP

THURSDAY 19 APRIL 1984 (CONT'D)

2.45 pm

Mr Wai Hon-leung, Appointed District Board

Member, Sha Tin; Chairman, Sha Tin Rural Committee;

Mr Ng Chan-lam, Appointed District Board

Member, Sha Tin; local school supervisor;

Mr Choy Kan-pui, Elected District Board

Member, Sha Tin; Chairman, Sha Tin

Rotary Club; and

Mrs Chan Lo Yin-bing, Elected District

Board Member, Sha Tin; housewife.

Briefing by Mr O'Rorke on general development of the New Territories.

2.50 pm

2.55 pm

3.00 pm- 3.10 pm

3.10 pm

Briefing by Mr C K Chow on Sha Tin New Town development programme.

Briefing by Mr Donald Tsang on social and political aspects of Sha Tin New Town. (See brief on New Territories development and Sha Tin New Town at Annex IV.)

Brief discussion with the four Unofficial Members of Sha Tin District Board.

Depart Lion's Pavilion by car for Wo Che Public Housing Estate.

3.15 pm

Arrive at Wo Che Estate. Met by

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3.17 pm

3.25 pm

3.40 pm

Mr David Ford, Director of Housing; and

Mr Fung Tung, Deputy Director of Housing.

Tour around Wo Che Commercial Centre and see exhibition of Home Ownership Scheme.

(See brief on Wo Che Estate at Annex V)

Visit a family at Flat 212, Hip Wo House.

(Tenant, Mrs Yeung, together with her husband (a hawker) and seven children, live in the flat.)

(See family particulars at Annex VI)

Depart Wo Che Estate for helipad at Sha Tin Fire Station.

/to be cont'd