FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1991
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DUKE OF KENT SEES PORT AND AIRPORT PROJECTS
*
HIS ROYAL
LOOK ON
HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF KENT
TODAY (FRIDAY) TOOK A
AND CLOSER
MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS AT HONG KONG'S
THE INCLUDE
NEW PORT DEVELOPMENTS BRIEFED
FUTURE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENTS.
THAT
WAS AND
HIS
ROYAL
POLICE
ANTI-ILLEGAL
ON HIGHNESS WAS ALSO BRIEFED IMMIGRANT OPERATIONS DURING A VISIT TO THE BORDER.
THE TERRITORY'S
THE PRINCE EDWARD
THE DUKE BEGAN THE DAY WITH A CAR RIDE ALONG MASSIVE ROAD NETWORKS WHICH INCLUDED THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, THE KWUN TONG BY-PASS, THE ROAD INTERCHANGE, AND TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL.
AT
HIGHNESS
THE SHA TIN END OF TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL, HIS ROYAL
ASPECTS VARIOUS TOURED THE CONTROL ROOM AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE TUNNEL, WHICH IS THE LONGEST IN THE TERRITORY!
OF
OF
TOUR
THE DUKE THEN BOARDED A ROYAL AIR FORCE HELICOPTER FOR A
POLICE ANTI-ILLEGAL THE
BRIEFED ON AREA AND WAS LATER BORDER IMMIGRANT OPERATIONS WHICH INCLUDE THE USE OF THERMAL IMAGER AND MINIATURE INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM.
THE
CO-ORDINATION
IN
WAS LATER FLOWN BY HELICOPTER TO
WORKS ON CHEK LAP CONSTRUCTION
NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS IN THE AFTERNOON, THE DUKE VISITED THE
OFFICE,
THE WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON
AIRPORT CORE THE LATEST RELATED
SEE
KOK
AND
PROJECTS. HE PROGRESS
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
STATION POWER
IN
LATER ON THE DUKE VISITED THE CHINA LIGHT CASTLE PEAK WHERE HE WAS MET BY LORD KADOORIE, CHAIRMAN OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY LIMITED.
HIS ROYAL
HIGHNESS
TOURED FACILITIES AT
THE
ROOM
POWER STATION INCLUDING THE TURBINE HALL AND BOILER HOUSE, THE CENTRAL CONTROL AND THE TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTRE.
DUCHESS OF KENT VISITS APA AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
VISITED
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT TODAY (FRIDAY) HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS (APA) AND THE DUCHESS OF KENT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
THE
IN THE
MORNING, THE DUCHESS, WHO IS A SPECIAL PATRON APA, VISITED THE ACADEMY WHERE SHE WAS MET BY THE APA CHAIRMAN, DR HELMUT SOHMEN, APA DIRECTOR, DR JOHN HOSIER, AND DIRECTOR, MR GEORGE DERBYSHIRE.
OF THE COUNCIL
DEPUTY
THE DUCHESS TOURED THE ACADEMY TO SEE STUDENTS ATTEND A VARIĘTY OF CLASSES ON DANCE, DRAMA, PIANO AND STAGE TECHNOLOGY,
/IN THE