THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1986
PRINCE PHILIP OPENS WILDLIFE EDUCATION CENTRE
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THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND, TODAY VISITED THE PLACE THAT HAS PUT HONG KONG ON THE WORLD WILDLIFE MAP MAI PO MARSHES.
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PRINCE PHILIP OFFICIALLY OPENED THE NEW MAI PO EDUCATION CENTRE AND NATURE RESERVE CREATED BY WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE HONG KONG, WHICH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH LAUNCHED DURING A VISIT TO THIS TERRITORY IN 1981.
PRINCE PHILIP, WHO FLEW TO THE RESERVE BY RAF HELICOPTER FROM HMS TAMAR, UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO MARK THE OFFICIAL OPENING. AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY, HE TOURED THE BUILDING AND MET MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AND THE WORKING COMMITTEES.
HE WAS PRESENTED WITH A WOODCARVING OF THE EMBLEM OF THE MAI PO WILDLIFE EDUCATION CENTRE.
THE DUKE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF +INTERNATIONALISM+ IN THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND WILDLIFE AND SAID THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO BOUNDARIES BETWEEN COUNTRIES IN THIS TASK.
HE DESCRIBED THE NEW EDUCATION CENTRE AS A WORTHY DEVELOPMENT AND CONGRATULATED ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING AND ORGANISATION OF THE PROJECT.
EARLIER, ON ARRIVAL AT MAI PO MARSHES, THE DUKE WAS RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, WHO PRESENTED TO THE DUKE: THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE HONG KONG, SIR KENNETH FUNG: THE CHAIRMAN OF WORLD WILDLIFE FUND HONG KONG, DR PHILIP KWOK; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROJECT COMMITTEE, DR K.C. SEARLE; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WWF HONG KONG, PROFESSOR BRIAN MORTON; AND THE PROJECT MANAGER MAI PO, MR DAVID MELVILLE,
AT THE EDUCATION CENTRE SIR KENNETH FUNG PRESENTED TO THE DUKE THE VICE-CHAIRMAN, FUND-RAISING COMMITTEE, MR MAXIMILIAN MA; THE CHAIRMAN, PUBLIC RELATIONS, INFORMATION AND MEMBERSHIP, MR N.J.V. WATT; THE HONORARY TREASURER, MR IAN HARRIS: AND THE HONORARY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MRS MARY HOTUNG KETTERER.
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/WELCOMING THE
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