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SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1979
HRH AT HMS TAMAR RECEPTION
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MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE FROM A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY GREETED HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON AT A RECEPTION AT HMS TAMAR,
WEARING HIS NAVAL UNIFORM, PRINCE CHARLES ARRIVED AT THE PIER OF HMS TAMAR ON BOARD THE HMS WASPERTON AT 2.45 P.M. AFTER PASSING OTHER VESSELS OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND A FIREBOAT DISPLAY IN MID-HARBOUR.
AS HE STEPPED TOWARDS THE CARPETED GANGPLANK OF THE WASPERTON, THE BUGLERS OF THE 1ST BATTALION ROYAL GREEN JACKETS SOUNDED THE ALERT, FOLLOWED BY THE STRAINS OF THE ROYAL GREEN JACKETS BAND.
ON HAND TO MEET PRINCE CHARLES AT THE WIND-SWEPT PIER WAS THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, SIR ROY REDGRAVE AND CAPTAIN-IN-CHARGE HONG KONG, CAPTAIN R.W. MOLAND, RN.
AT THE RECEPTION, PRINCE CHARLES MET MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHURCH LEADERS, COMMUNITY AND YOUTH LEADERS AND ALSO MEMBERS OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED THROUGHOUT THE RECEPTION BY MR. LI FOOK-KOW, SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS.
AFTER THE RECEPTION ENDED, PRINCE CHARLES PROCEEDED TO UNVEIL A PLAQUE TO MARK THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE HEADQUARTERS BRITISH FORCES.
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