TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1979
PRINCE CHARLES ENDS VISIT TO HONG KONG
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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES TODAY (TUESDAY) ENDED HIS FOUR-DAY VISIT TO HONG KONG A CITY HE DESCRIBED AS +AMAZING, BUSTLING AND FLOURISHING.+
BEFORE HE LEFT, PRINCE CHARLES THANKED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FOR MAKING HIS PROGRAMME A MOST MEMORABLE ONE.
PRINCE CHARLES FLEW OUT ON BOARD AN RAF VC-10 WITH AN ENTOURAGE OF NINE OFFICIALS AND STAFF AT NOON FOR SINGAPORE, THE SECOND LEG OF HIS ROUND-THE-WORLD TOUR, WHICH WILL TAKE HIM TO AUSTRALIA AND CANADA.
AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO SEE HIM OFF WERE THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER- THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, SIR ROY REDGRAVE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN- SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE HON. OSWALD CHEUNG- THE SINGAPORE COMMISSIONER, MR. LIM KIM-KUAY- AND GENERAL SIR EDWIN BRAMALL.
BEFORE HE WOUND UP HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO HONG KONG, PRINCE CHARLES TOURED A TOY FACTORY IN SAN PO KONG, ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE.
THROUGHOUT HIS FOUR-DAY PROGRAMME, WHICH BEGAN LAST SATURDAY, PRINCE CHARLES SAW HOW HONG KONG IS TACKLING THE HOUSING PROBLEM AND THE MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WAS CLEARLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT HE SAW AND ONE OF HIS PARTING MESSAGES WAS THAT HE WILL CERTAINLY REMEMBER HIS VISIT HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO COME.
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WORKERS GIVE HRH THUNDEROUS WELCOME
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THOUSANDS OF HONG KONG'S YOUNG FACTORY WORKFORCE GAVE HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES A THUNDEROUS WELCOME WHEN HE VISITED A FACTORY IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA OF SAN PO KONG TODAY (TUESDAY).
THEY WERE LINED FOUR-DEEP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROUTE THE ROYAL MOTORCADE TOOK TO AND FROM THE VISIT OF SUN CHUNG PRECISION METAL INDUSTRY LTD., A MANUFACTURER OF ELECTRONIC TOYS AND TELESCOPIC ROD ANTENNAS.
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