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FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1979

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PRINCE CHARLES ARRIVES TOMORROW

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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES ARRIVES IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT 3.30 P.M. FOR A FOUR-DAY VISIT.

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ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENTOURAGE OF NINE OFFICIALS AND STAFF WILL BE HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO HONG KONG. PRINCE CHARLES WAS HERE FOR A BRIEF STOPOVER IN 1970 EN ROUTE TO EXPO 70 IN OSAKA.

ON THE DAY OF HIS ARRIVAL, A LIGHT PROGRAMME HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THE PRINCE.

AFTER THE AIRPORT RECEPTION WHERE HE WILL BE WELCOMED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AND THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR GENERAL SIR ROY REDGRAVE, TOGETHER WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LOCAL DIGNITARIES, PRINCE CHARLES WILL TRAVEL BY CAR STRAIGHT TO FLAGSTAFF HOUSE VIA THE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL.

AT FLAGSTAFF HOUSE, LADY MACLEHOSE WILL RECEIVE THE PRINCE. LATER IN THE EVENING PRINCE CHARLES WILL BE PRESENTED AT A RECEPTION AT FLAGSTAFF HOUSE ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRESS AND BY COMMONWEALTH COMMISSIONERS.

BUSY OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENTS AWAIT THE PRINCE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WHICH WILL GIVE HIM AN UP-TO-DATE IMPRESSION OF HONG KONG AND HOW IT

IS COPING WITH THE MOUNTING PROBLEMS OF POPULATION EXPANSION IN A TIGHT 1,055,61 SQUARE KILOMETRES OF TERRITORY.

HE WILL ALSO MEET A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AT A RECEPTION IN HMS TAMAR WHERE HE WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE NEW MULTI- STOREY HEADQUARTERS OF THE BRITISH FORCES ON SUNDAY.

IN A LESS FORMAL SETTING, PRINCE CHARLES WILL SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AT THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK, A NATURE RESERVE THAT HAS BECOME EXTREMELY POPULAR WITH PICNICKERS. AND AT YUEN LONG, SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SPECIAL HOLIDAY WILL ACCORD PRINCE CHARLES AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME.

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YUEN LONG EVENT WILL BE A YOUTH RALLY IN THE STADIUM WHERE A MASSED BAND OF 450 PLAYERS WILL PROVIDE A FANFARE FOR PRINCE CHARLES.

A KEEN STUDENT OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, PRINCE CHARLES WILL EXPERIENCE A BIT OF OLD AND NEW HONG KONG WHEN HE VISITS TSANG TAI UK A 130-YEAR-OLD WALLED VILLAGE IN SHA TIN, AND NEARBY, THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN WITH ALL THE MODERN FACILITIES OF A SELF-CONTAINED TOWNSHIP FOR 500,000 PEOPLE WHO WILL LIVE THERE BY THE MID-EIGHTIES.

/THE PRINCE