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ROYAL VISIT

PRESS

RELEASE

Tuesday, April 15, 1975

COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AT HUNG HOM RAILWAY TERMINUS

Queen To Perform Unveiling Ceremony

The Queen will unveil a plaque at the Hung Hom railway terminus

on the afternoon of May 5 to commemorate her historic visit to Hong Kong.

She will be accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh.

The plaque will symbolise in a simple yet permanent form the

Queen's short stay in Hong Kong the first time a reigning British

monarch has ever come here.

The new railway terminus is the largest single current construct-

ion job under way in the urban areas. It is now in its final stage before

completion either in late July or early August.

In the autumn, the new terminus at Hung Hom will take over from

the one presently in use at Tsim Sha Tsui on the tip of Kowloon peninsula,

When the Queen and the Duke visit the site of this $150 million

Public Works Department project on the eastern shore of the peninsula,

they will be able to see that the main station building has now taken

shape. The six platforms for passenger trains down below are also recognis

able. The most conspicuous feature on the skyline is a multi-storey seven-

deck car park, now structurally complete.

Work on the goods station and marshalling yards is nearing com-

pletion. In fact, some goods trains, bringing in oil for transhipment and

storage, have been using the terminus since last August.

The Queen