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SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1979
OUT OF THE TUNNEL AND ON TO HONG KONG ISLAND, PRINCE CHARLES WILL SEE A NETWORK OF ELEVATED ROADS AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS PROJECTS LIKE THESE ARE CONTINUALLY BEING BUILT BECAUSE OF HONG KONG'S GROWING TRAFFIC AND POPULATION.
FURTHER DOWN WATERFRONT ROAD AND BEHIND THE CABLE AND WIRELESS BUILDING IS THE $30 MILLION ARTS CENTRE WHICH MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER IN HONG KONG'S CULTURAL HISTORY.
STILL FURTHER AWAY IS THE MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY'S ADMIRALTY STATION. ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THIS STATION, PRINCE CHARLES WOULD LEARN, IS THAT A SHOPPING COMPLEX AND TWO OFFICE TOWERS OF 29 AND 23 STOREYS WILL BE BUILT ON IT.
LEAVING THE SITES OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, PRINCE CHARLES' MOTORCADE ARRIVED AT FLAGSTAFF HOUSE ABOUT 25 MINUTES LATER, WHERE LADY MACLEHOSE WELCOMED HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS.
BUSY PROGRAMME FOR ROYAL VISITOR
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PRINCE CHARLES WILL VISIT THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN TOMORROW (SUNDAY) MORNING.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, HRH WILL PROCEED VIA THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL TO SHA TIN WHERE MR. AKERS-JONES WILL PRESENT THE DISTRICT OFFICER, SHA TIN, MR. GERALD HIGGINSON, AND THE SHA TIN PROJECT MANAGER, MR. FONG CHUN-NAM WHO WILL BRIEF THE PRINCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
AFTERWARDS, PRINCE CHARLES WILL VISIT TSANG TAI UK, AN OLD WALLED VILLAGE BUILT AROUND 1850, WHICH IS TO BE PRESERVED AS PART OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
AFTER TOURING TSANG TAI UK, PRINCE CHARLES WILL PROCEED TO LEK YUEN ESTATE WHERE MR. AKERS-JONES WILL PRESENT THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR. DONALD LIAO, THE LEK YUEN ESTATE HOUSING MANAGER, MR. ANTONY HUI CHEE-CHUNG, AND THE WO CHE ESTATE HOUSING MANAGER, MR. MICHAEL HO KWOK-CHO. PRINCE CHARLES WILL THEN WALK THROUGH THE ESTATES, VISITING THE MARKET AND SHOPPING PRECINCTS.
FOLLOWING HIS TOUR OF LEK YUEN AND WO CHE ESTATES, PRINCE CHARLES WILL BOARD A HELICOPTER AT SHA TIN RACE-COURSE FOR KEI LING HA COUNTRY PARK MANAGEMENT CENTRE IN SAI KUNG. HERE MR. AKERS-JONES WILL PRESENT THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF COUNTRY PARKS, MR. MARTIN LEWIS, THE ROYAL PARTY WILL THEN DRIVE A LANDROVER AND VISIT SITES WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE HAVING PICNICS.
PRINCE CHARLES,