SUNDAY, SEPTEBE 22, 1985
THE WALKERS ON THE SIX-KILOMETRE ROUTE PASSED THROUGH MA LIU SHUI (THE LOCATION OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY), PAK SHEK KOK, TSUI HANG, LO WAI AND TAI PO KAU, AND FINISHED AT TAI PO RAILWAY STATION, AT ABOUT 11.20 AM.
FROM THE NEARBY ISLAND HOUSE, SIR DAVID BOARDED A HELICOPTER FOR THE OUTWARD BOUND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION'S CLUB HOUSE IN NAI CHUNG, SAI KUNG.
HERE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSOCIATION'S CHAIRMAN, DR SZE TO YIU-KWAI, SIR DAVID SPENT ABOUT TWO HOURS, PERFORMING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A CLIMBING WALL AND A MULTI-PURPOSE GROUND, AND TOUR ING THE PREMISES HOUSING A DORMITORY FOR 40 PERSONS, A HALL, A BOAT YARD AND A CANOE SHED.
AFTER LUNCH AT THE CLUB HOUSE AT ABOUT 1,40 PM, HE TOOK A HELICOPTER FOR A TEN-MINUTE AERIAL VIEW OF THE AREA, AND THEN PROCEEDED TO STANLEY FORT HELIPAD.
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ARRIVING AT STANLEY FORT AT ABOUT 2 PM, SIR DAVID, ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL ANTHONY BOAM, WENT TO DOT THE EYES OF A 120-FOOT DRAGON TO MARK THE OPENING DAY OF THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT, AND SPENT
INCLUDING MORE THAN AN HOUR THERE, WATCHING AN ARENA DISPLAY,
A PARADE OF CLASSIC CARS, AND PERFORMANCES BY THE FLYING DRAGON PARACHUTE DISPLAY TEAM, AND THE TAI TAM GIRL PIPERS.
FROM HERE, SIR DAVID LATER LEFT AGAIN BY HELICOPTER FOR HMS TAMAR, FROM WHERE HE TOOK A CAR TO THE HONG KONG STADIUM, ARRIVING AT ABOUT 4 PM.
SIR DAVID THEN GREETED BOTH THE VISITING JAPANESE PLAYERS, AND THE HONG KONG TEAM MEMBERS, BEFORE THE START OF THE SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND OF THE WORLD CUP SOCCER GAMES.
UK TRANSPORT SECRETARY ARRIVES
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT, MR NICHOLAS RIDLEY, AND MRS RIDLEY ARRIVED TODAY (SUNDAY) FOR A FOUR-DAY VISIT.
THEY WERE GREETED AT THE AIRPORT BY THE AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE GOVERNOR, MR PAUL COLLIER, AND THE SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, MR CHRISTIAN ADAMS.
DURING HIS STAY, MR RIDLEY WILL BE MEETING SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LOCAL BUSINESSMEN TO LEARN OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TERRITORY.
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