WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1989
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IN THE GYMNASIUM HER ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL WATCHI RECRUITS PRACTISING AIKIDO. THE FORM OF SELF-DEFENCE ADOPTED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL LUNCH IN THE OFFICERS MESS WHERE SHE WILL BE CEREMONIALLY PIPED INTO THE DINING ROOM BY PIPE MAJOR HSU YORK-FUNG.
AFTER LUNCH THE COMMISSIONER WILL PRESENT HER ROYAL HIGHNESS SILVER-PLATED. PEWTER FIGURE OF A ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE CONSTABLE AS A MEMENTO.
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BEFORE LEAVING BY HELICOPTER FOR TUEN MUN THE PRINCESS OF WALES WILL MEET AND TALK WITH POLICE FAMILIES.
AFTER THEIR SEPARATE PROGRAMMES THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES WILL MEET AT THE TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND, WHERE THEIR WESSEX HELICOPTERS OF 28 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE WILL LAND. AND THEY WILL TRAVEL BY CAR TO THE TUEN MUN TOWN HALL FOR THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE TUEN MUN FESTIVAL.
THE ROYAL VISITORS WILL WALK TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TOWN HALL CONCOURSE WHERE THEY WILL SEE LOCAL RESIDENTS PERFORMING AEROBIC AND MORRIS DANCING.
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AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES WILL SEPARATELY WALK THROUGH A CARNIVAL AND GAMES STALL AREA, PAUSING TO CHAT TO SOME OF
THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT PLAY.
THE ROYAL COUPLE WILL THEN MEET AT AN ADJACENT GARDEN TO SEE A COLLECTION OF BONSAI FROM CHING CHUNG MONASTERY. THERE THE CHIEF PASTOR OF CHING CHUNG MONASTERY. MR HAU PO-WOON. WILL BE PRESENTED TO THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES.
THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES WILL LEAVE BY CAR FOR THE TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND FROM WHERE THE PRINCESS OF WALES WILL FLY BACK TO HMS TAMAR.
THE PRINCE OF WALES WILL TRAVEL BY CAR TO SHUI TAU VILLAGE WHERE HE WILL BE ESCORTED TO THE TANG CHING-LOK CHI ANCESTRAL HALL
IN SHUI MEI VILLAGE.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL CALL ON MADAM TANG AT NO 35, SHUI TAU.
THE HOUSE IS BETWEEN 100 AND 200 YEARS OLD AND IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TRADITIONAL NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGE-TYPE ARCHITECTURE.
THE PRINCE OF WALES WILL CONTINUE HIS WALK THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND VISIT THE SO LAU YUEN. OR HALL, BUILT IN THE CHING DYNASTY
(1614–1911) AS A PRIVATE STUDY HALL.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE HISTORY OF THE HALL AND SEE EXHIBITS OF OLD FARMING EQUIPMENT.
AFTER HIS