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Royal Visit
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21.
QUEEN SEES HONG KONG'S DESIGNS ON FUTURE
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THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH THIS AFTERNOON SAW HOW HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS ARE TRAINED TO SERVE LOCAL INDUSTRY AND THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
THE ROYAL VISITORS SAW EXHIBITIONS OF THE WORK DONE BY THE POLYTECHNIC, TOURED THE SWIRE SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND SAW STUDENTS AT WORK.
THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILIP TRAVELLED TO THE POLYTECHNIC BY CAR AFTER ATTENDING A LUNCHEON FOR 140 GUESTS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
ON THEIR ARRIVAL THEY WERE GREETED BY THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE POLYTECHNIC COUNCIL, THE HON ALLEN LEE PENG-FAI WHO PRESENTED THE POLYTECHNIC'S TREASURER, MR MICHAEL KAN DR JOHN CLARK AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR LO KING-MAN.
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HER MAJESTY AND HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY DR CLARK TO A TECHNOLOGY DISPLAY WHICH WAS EXPLAINED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENGINEERING DIVISION, DR LEONARD LEES.
THE DISPLAY INCLUDED HIGHER DIPLOMA STUDENTS' PROJECTS, SUCH AS A PRECIOUS GEM TESTER, THE APPLICATION OF MICROPROCESSORS FOR THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES, A ROBOT MANIPULATOR AND COMPUTER-AIDED MAPPING TECHNIQUES.
DR CLARK THEN PRESENTED THE PRESIDENT OF THE POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS' UNION, MR DAVE CHAN, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF STUDENTS, MR NG WAI-KI, WHILE THE STUDENTS' UNION CHOIR, CHINESE ORCHESTRA AND FOLK DANCE CLUB GAVE BRIEF PERFORMANCES.
AFTER THE PERFORMANCES, THE QUEEN WENT PERSONALLY TO CONGRATULATE THE CONDUCTOR, MR LAU STU-KI, WHO IS A STUDENT AT THE POLYTECHNIC, AND PRINCE PHILIP SPOKE TO THE DANCERS.
THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE THEN SAW A COMMUNITY CARE DISPLAY, WHICH WAS EXPLAINED BY THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE, DR PETER LEWIS.
HER MAJESTY
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