PRESS RELEASE
Royal Visit.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1986
STAMPS CATCH THE QUEEN'S EYE
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THE STAMP COLLECTING HOBBY OF EIGHT-YEAR-OLD TUNG HO-LUN CAUGHT THE QUEEN'S ATTENTION WHEN SHE VISITED THE TUNG FAMILY FLAT AT LUNG HANG ESTATE, SHA TIN, THIS MORNING. THE ROYAL VISITOR NOTICED FIRST DAY COVERS BOTH FOR HER PRESENT VISIT AND FOR HER 60TH BIRTHDAY. SHE ASKED THE BOY IF HE COLLECTED STAMPS AND HE REPLIED THAT HE DID.
FIORAMASIK
THE QUEEN ASKED MR AND MRS TUNG HOW LONG THEY HAD LIVED IN THE FLAT AND WHERE THEY HAD LIVED BEFORE. MR TUNG TOLD HER MAJESTY THAT THEY HAD LIVED IN A SIX-SQUARE-METRE ROOM IN WAN CHAI BEFORE MOVING TO SHA TIN THREE YEARS AGO.
THE QUEEN ALSO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE FLAT'S FURNISHINGS AND ASKED IF THE FLAT WAS BOUGHT WITH FURNITURE INCLUDED BUT THE TUNGS TOLD HER THEY HAD BOUGHT THE FURNITURE THEMSELVES.
AT THE END OF THE VISIT, YOUNG HO-LUN PRESENTED HER MAJESTY WITH A BOUQUET OF CARNATIONS AND YELLOW ORCHIDS. QUEEN IF SHE WOULD SIGN THE PICTURE OF HERSELF AND PRINCE PHILIP
HE ASKED THE IN THE OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAMME, WHICH SHE DID.
ON HER WAY OUT OF THE FLAT, THE QUEEN SAW THE KITCHEN AND REMARKED HOW SPOTLESS IT LOOKED. SHE ASKED MRS TUNG IF SHE COOKED THERE AND MRS TUNG REPLIED THAT SHE COOKED IN THE KITCHEN, AND CLEANED IT, EVERY DAY.