WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1989

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HE IN TURN PRESENTED THE CAPTAIN-IN-CHARGE HONG KONG. CAPTAIN DALRYMPLE-SMITH AND THE COMMANDER ROYAL AIR FORCE. GROUP' CAPTAIN D.J. HAMILTON RUMP, RAF, AND MRS HAMILTON RUMP.

F.

HER ROYAL WALKED THROUGH THE DEPENDENTS OF BRITISH

HIGHNESS. ACCOMPANIED BY THE

SERVICE COMMANDERS

GROUNDS OF HMS TAMAR ALONG A ROUTE LINED SERVICEMEN STATIONED IN HONG KONG.

WITH

DURING HER WALK SHE PAUSED TO TALK TO SEVERAL OF THOSE GATHERED TO GREET HER AND RECEIVED SEVERAL BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS FROM THE CHILDREN.

CHUK YUEN FAMILY HAVE ROYAL VISITOR

* * * * *

IT IS NOT EVERYDAY THAT A PRINCE DROPS

IN ON A KOWLOON

VISITED THEIR

FAMILY, BUT THAT IS JUST WHAT HAPPENED TO TAXI DRIVER LAI HOK-YUNG AND

PRINCE OF WALES WHEN THE FAMILY HIS (WEDNESDAY).

ESTATE.

FLAT TODAY

THE VISIT WAS PART OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S TOUR OF CHUK

YUEN

NORTH. HE CALLED AT FLAT NO 3510. WAI YUEN HOUSE. CHUK YUEN

HIS WIFE LEUNG YUK-CHUN (41). THEIR THE HOME OF MR. LAI HOK-YUNG (44). 15-YEAR-OLD SON LAI CHUN-SING AND DAUGHTER LAI KA-MAN (10).

CHUK THE LAIS ARE JUST FOUR OF THE 25,500 TENANTS OCCUPYING

FLAT SINCE MAY THIS YEAR YUEN NORTH. THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE

SIN ESTATE AS A RESULT OF A WHEN THEY MOVED FROM LOWER WONG TAI HOUSING DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT.

MR.

LAI OWNS HIS OWN TAXI. BY DRIVING ON THE DAY HIRING THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DRIVER FOR THE NIGHT SHIFT, 35.000 A MONTH.

SHIFT AND HE EARNS

HIS WIFE. MADAM LEUNG YUK-CHUN. EARNS 31.000 A MONTH PART-TIME AMAH AT A CLUBHOUSE IN SAN PO KONG.

AS A

SIN

CHUNG GOVERNMENT SON LAI CHUN-SING IS STUDYING AT THE KWAI TECHNICAL SCHOOL WHILE HIS SISTER LAI KA-MAN ATTENDS THE WONG TAI CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL.

DURING HIS 10-MINUTE STAY. THE PRINCE OF WALES THE LAIS AND ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FLAT IN WHICH HAVE BEEN LIVING FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS.

CHATTED

WITH

THEY

/THE PRINCE

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