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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1979
PRINCE CHARLES ARRIVES IN HK ON MARCH 3
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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES WILL ARRIVE ON MARCH 3 ON HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO HONG KONG.
PRINCE CHARLES WILL BE HERE FOR FOUR DAYS DURING WHICH HE WILL CARRY OUT VARIOUS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS AND VISIT THE 2ND KING EDWARD VII'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES OF WHICH HE IS COLONEL-IN-CHIEF.
THE PRINCE WILL BE MET AT KAI TAK AIRPORT BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AND BEGIN A SERIES OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS ON SUNDAY, MARCH 4.
HE WILL FIRST VISIT SHA TIN NEW TOWN TO SEE HOW THE ONCE RURAL VALLEY IS BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A MODERN METROPOLIS FOR 500,000 PEOPLE BY THE MID-EIGHTIES, AND VISIT LEK YUEN AND WO CHE ESTATES - THE FIRST TWO OF ELEVEN SELF-CONTAINED HOUSING COMPLEXES COMPLETED IN THE NEW TOWN.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL ALSO VISIT TSANG TAI UK, AN OLD WALLED VILLAGE FOUNDED SOME 120 YEARS AGO, WHICH IS BEING RETAINED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE NEW TOWN.
THE PRINCE WILL ALSO SEE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK, ONE OF 18 COUNTRY PARKS WHICH HAVE PROVED EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE.
DURING THE AFTERNOON OF MARCH 4, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL LUNCH WITH UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS AND ATTEND A COMMUNITY RECEPTION AT HMS TAMAR WHERE HE WILL MINGLE WITH SOME 2,000 GUESTS FROM A WIDE CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.
AT HMS TAMAR, THE PRINCE WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE NEW BRITISH FORCES HEADQUARTERS, AND IN THE EVENING ATTEND A CONCERT BY THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC CONDUCTED BY ALUN FRANCIS IN THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL.
ON MARCH 5, PRINCE CHARLES WILL SPEND THE MORNING WITH THE 2ND GURKHAS AT CASSINO LINES WHERE HE WILL REVIEW A PARADE AND TOUR THE GURKHAS TRAINING AREAS.
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