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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1989
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THE PRINCE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST. SIGNED TWO FIRST COVERS FOR THE CHILDREN OF MR AND MRS LAI. HE ALSO HAD A CUP OF CHINESE TEA "KUK BO".
BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WAS A PICTURE BY THE FAMILY.
PRESENTED WITH
FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES HIS CALL ON THE LAIS WAS PART OF A 40-MINUTE TOUR OF CHUK YUEN NORTH AND SOUTH. TWIN ESTATES WHICH ARE HOME TO THOUSANDS OF LOCAL FAMILIES.
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ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. SIR AKERS-JONES, THE PRINCE OF WALES WENT TO THE ROOF OF WAI YUEN HOUSE FROM WHERE HE HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF CENTRAL KOWLOON. KAI TAK AIRPORT, VICTORIA HARBOUR AND THE HONG KONG ISLAND SKYLINE.
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AT THE ROOFTOP LOOKOUT THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING. PANG. PRESENTED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD. LEE YUK-KWAN, THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN OF YUNG YUEN HOUSE. CHEUNG SHING-FU AND SENIOR HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF.
THE PRINCE OF WALES WAS BRIEFED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMMES IN CENTRAL KOWLOON. INCLUDING THE CLEARANCE OF KOWLOON WALLED CITY. AND ON THE WORK OF THE HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY.
DR. S.B. REED.
THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, BRIEFED HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND REMEDIES THE AREA, AFTER WHICH THE ROYAL VISITOR DROPPED IN ON THE LAIS.
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WAI YUEN HOUSE IS ONE OF EIGHT OF THE LATEST TRIDENT 3 BLOCKS OF 33 STORIES EACH AT CHUK YUEN NORTH. THE FIRST WAS COMPLETED IN 1987 AND THE LAST AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 25,500 TENANTS IN THE ESTATE AND THE TOTAL POPULATION WILL BE ABOUT 32,000 WHEN IT IS FULLY OCCUPIED.
FROM THE ROOFTOP HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS DESCENDED BY LIFT AND USED THE FOOTBRIDGE OVER CHUK YUEN ROAD TO VISIT CHUK YUEN SOUTH.
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COMPLETED IN THREE STAGES BETWEEN 1984 AND 1987 THIS ESTATE CONSISTS OF SEVEN BLOCKS OF VARIOUS DESIGNS TOTALLING 6.644 FLATS.
THE POPULATION IS ABOUT 25.000 WITH A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE PROPORTION OF ELDERLY AND SINGLE PERSON UNITS AS A RESULT OF THE POPULATION MOVEMENT ARISING FROM THE KOWLOON CENTRAL REDEVELOPMENT.
THE PRINCE OF WALES WALKED THROUGH THE COMPLEX WHICH FORMS THE HEART OF THE ESTATE. A FOUR-STOREY COMMERCIAL CENTRE. SERVED BY LIFTS AND ESCALATORS. WITH A WIDE RANGE OF SHOPS, SUPERMARKETS. RESTAURANTS AND 180 MARKET STALLS.
FROM THE SHOPPING
POLYTECHNIC..
COMPLEX HE LEFT BY CAR FOR THE CITY
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