TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1981
HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH OPENS DENTAL HOSPITAL
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HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH TODAY UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE $200 MILLION PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL IN SAI YING PUN.
PRINCE PHILIP IN A JOVIAL MOOD, SPENT SOME TIME CHATTING AND JOKING WITH STUDENTS AND ACADEMIC STAFF DURING HIS HOUR LONG TOUR OF THE HOSPITAL.
AS CENTENNIAL PRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH DENTAL ASSOCIATION. HE SHOWED HIS KNOWLEDGE OF DENTISTRY TO STUDENTS AND STAFF AND SPENT HALF OF HIS VISIT IN THE HOSPITAL'S PROSTHETICS DEPARTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY EXAMINING THE FACILITIES,
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOSPITAL'S BOARD OF MANAGEMENT, THE HON LYDIA DUNN WAS PRESENTED TO PRINCE PHILIP BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON D.W. MCDONALD THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH DR THE HON K.L. THONG THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE HON E.P. HO- AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL, PROF GEOFFREY L. HOWE WERE PRESENTED TO HRH BY MISS DUNN.
ON THE HOSPITAL'S FOURTH FLOOR, HE SAW VARIOUS SURGERIES, FORENSIC ODONTOLÓGY, TOOTH ANEMAL IES AND GENETICS, IMPRESSIONS AND WAX RECORDS, PLAQUE DISCLOSURE AND CONTROL AND RESEARCH LABORATOR IES. IN THE TECHNOLOGY UNIT HE SAW SURVEYING MODELS, POLISHING SKELETONS, PREPARATION OF DIES, WAXING OF DENTURES" AND OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS.
AFTER TOUR ING OTHER FLOORS OF THE HOSPITAL HE RECORDED THE FIRST SIGNATURE IN THE HOSPITAL'S VISITORS BOOK. THE GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT MR EDWIN WONG THE CONSULTANT ARCHITECT, MR JOHN ROSS- THE HOSPITAL'S COMPTROLLER, MR D.H. MACE AND THE SECRETARY TO THE DENTAL ACADEMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MR A.P. WALKER, WERE ALSO PRESENTED TO THE DUKE BY MISS DUNN,
AS THE PARTY WAS LEAVING THE HOSPITAL, SIR MURRAY THREW BACK THE ROOF OF THE OFFICIAL CAR TO ENABLE A LARGE APPLAUDING CROWD OF SPECTATORS TO HAVE A BETTER GLIMPSE OF THE ROYAL VISITOR.
PRINCE PHILIP LEAVES FOR AUSTRALIA TONIGHT AND WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON SATURDAY FOR ANOTHER BRIEF STOP-OVER VISIT.
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