PRESS RELEASE
Royal Visit
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1986
QUEEN HAS A GLIMPSE OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE
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AS THE QUEEN MENTIONED IN HER SPEECH AT CITY HALL THIS MORNING, MUCH HAS CHANGED IN HONG KONG SINCE SHE LAST VISITED THE TERRITORY IN 1975. THIS AFTERNOON SHE PLAYED A PART IN THE CONTINUING PROCESS OF CHANGE WHEN SHE LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE BEING BUILT IN HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.
THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH ALSO SAW AN EXHIBITION OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS, RANGING FROM A CORE MEMORY SYSTEM FOR THE UNITED STATES SPACE SHUTTLE TO ROBOTIC TOYS AND TALKING DOLLS.
THE SITE OF THE EXHIBITION AND STONE-LAYING CEREMONY WAS APPROPRIATELY FUTURISTIC, HOUSED IN FOUR INFLATABLE DOMES SPECIALLY IMPORTED FOR THE OCCASION. IT IS THE FIRST TIME SUCH DOMES HAVE BEEN USED IN AN EVENT IN HONG KONG.
THE FOUNDATION STONE-LAYING CEREMONY WAS SIMILARLY HIGH-TECH, WITH THE QUEEN MERELY PUSHING A BUTTON TO LOWER THE INSCRIBED MARBLE STONE INTO POSITION AUTOMATICALLY.
THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE ARRIVED AT THE HARBOUR ROAD SITE BY CAR, AFTER THEIR VISIT TO THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC. THEY WERE RECEIVED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, THE HON LYDIA DUNN WHO PRESENTED THE TDC'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MR SO CHAK-KWONG, AND THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE TDC: MR LAWRENCE C.H. CHU, PRESIDENT, CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION MR HENRY Y.T. FOK, CHAIRMAN, CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MR WILLIAM FUNG, MANAGING DIRECTOR, LI AND FUNG (TRADING) LTD MR HARI N. HARILELA, CHAIRMAN, HARI LELA'S GROUP OF COMPANIES: MR JOHN MACKENZIE, CHIEF MANAGER, HONG KONG STANDARD CHARTERED BANK; MR H.M.P. MILES, CHAIRMAN, HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION; MR JACK TANG, CHAIRMAN, SOUTH SEÁ TEXTILES MFG CO. LTD.: MR DENNIS H.S. TING, CHAIRMAN, FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES; AND MR PHILIP Y. WONG, VICE-CHAIRMAN, CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MR IRA KAYE MANAGING DIRECTOR, LARK INTERNATIONAL LTD; AND MR HERBERT LIANG, PRESIDENT, WIDER ENTERPRISES LTD.
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/THE QUEEN