SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1979
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF LADY CATER'S SPEECH.
+1 HAVE A PARTICULARLY PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE OCEAN PARK. MANY YEARS AGO, A MAN CALLED DEREK BROMHALL JOINED MY HUSBAND IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG'S FISHERIES RESEARCH DEPARTMENT AND IT WAS HE WHO FIRST TOLD US OF THE 'WARM SPRING WHICH IS TO BE FOUND ON THIS COAST JUST BELOW THE COUNTRY CLUB.
+ IT WAS ALSO HE WHO FIRST HAD THE DREAM OF MAKING THIS AREA INTO A PLACE FOR THE SORT OF OCEAN PARK TO BE FOUND IN FLORIDA OR VANCOUVER AND, TO THIS END WORKED HARD AND LONG TO HAVE THIS GREAT ENTERPRISE COME ABOUT.
+DR. BROMHALL LEFT HONG KONG ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO AND SADLY HAS NOT YET BEEN BACK TO SEE HIS DREAM COME TRUE.
+ IT WAS LEFT TO 'PRIVATE ENTERPRISE IN THE SHAPE OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, AND IN PARTICULAR MY DEAR AND LONG-TIME FRIEND SIR KENNETH FUNG PING-FAN TO GET THE PROJECT FINALLY OFF THE GROUND OR SHOULD I SAY INTO THE WATER FINANCIALLY.
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+AND TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF WHAT I STILL CALL OLD DEPARTMENT', AS WELL AS MANY, MANY OTHERS, THE STRUCTURE OF THIS SUPERB AREA OF GREAT PUBLIC, TOURIST AND SCIENTIFIC INTEREST HAS COME TO BE AND COME TO MATURITY MOST BEAUTIFULLY.
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+1 AM TOLD THAT SINCE ITS OPENING IN 1977 OVER FIVE MILLION PEOPLE HAVE VISITED IT.
+THIS YEAR WE ARE PLEASED AND PROUD TO HAVE A PAIR OF GOLDEN MONKEYS WHICH ARE ON LOAN HERE FROM THE ZOO IN PEKING A VERY RARE AND UNUSUAL PAIR OF VISITORS WHICH I DO HOPE WILL BE ABLE TO STAY WITH US AT LEAST UNTIL CHINESE NEW YEAR TO GIVE A SPECIAL FILLIP TO THE UP-COMING YEAR OF THE MONKEY. NO MONKEYS ANYWHERE, I AM CERTAIN, WILL BE ATTENDED TO AND LOOKED AFTER MORE LOVINGLY AND CAREFULLY.
*WE ARE HERE TODAY TO INAUGURATE THE FLOWER FESTIVAL - ANOTHER DELIGHTFUL AND VERY INTERESTING FEATURE INTRODUCED AT THE OCEAN PARK.
+AS YOU CAN ALL SEE, THIS YEAR'S DISPLAY IS BREATHTAKINGLY LOVELY AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BE HERE TODAY SO THAT I CAN THANK, ON YOUR BEHALF AND MY OWN, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT IN THE TREMENDOUS EFFORT IT TAKES TO ORGANISE SUCH AN OUTSTANDING AND GORGEOUS SHOW OF FLOWERS FROM ALL OVER ASIA,
+LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FRIENDS TODAY I HAVE VERY GREAT PLEASURE TO DECLARE THIS FLOWER FESTIVAL OPEN FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT.+
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