SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1979
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SPEECH BY HRH AT CITY HALL CONCERT
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THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF SPEECH BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES DURING THE INTERVAL OF THE ARTS FESTIVAL CONCERT AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING⭑
+SIR RUN RUN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED FOR WELCOMING ME HERE THIS EVENING. I FEEL THAT I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE REASON THAT I AM STANDING HERE NOW IN THE INTERVAL AND ACTUALLY I HAVE AN AUDIENCE TO SPEAK TO, BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THAT IF I TRIED IT AT THE END THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY BODY HERE LEFT AT ALL. HOWEVER, I AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO HONG KONG ON THIS PARTICULAR OCCASION AND ALTHOUGH IT IS A VERY SHORT VISIT I KNOW I CAN SEE A GREAT DEAL, AND NOT ENOUGH PERHAPS, BUT I SHALL LOOK FORWARD TO, I HOPE MANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, TO COME BACK HERE AND SEE MORE OF THIS AMAZING, BUSTLING, FLOURISHING PLACE, WHICH I HAD SEEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT TODAY ALREADY. AND I AM ALSO PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT IS, I BELIEVE, THE LAST CONCERT PERFORMANCE IN THE FESTIVAL SEASON. NORMALLY I AM ASKED TO OPEN THINGS, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO CLOSE IT.
+I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK BUT HAVING HEARD AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF THE CONCERT THIS EVENING, YOU NEVER KNOW, IT MIGHT GET WORSE I THINK THAT THE ARTS OBVIOUSLY SEEM TO BE FLOURISHING IN HONG KONG AND FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD THIS EVENING IT SOUNDS THAT THE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IS DOING THE MOST MARVELLOUS THINGS HERE AND WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED BY THE LAST PIECE BY THE SOLOIST. WHO I THOUGHT PLAYED GRIEG'S CONCERTO QUITE BRILLIANTLY. AND WITH A NAME LIKE MELODY (WU) YOU SIMPLY CAN'T GO WRONG.
→LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WON'T KEEP YOU ANY MORE BECAUSE THERE ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE MUSIC I OFTEN FEEL THAT IF I WAS STANDING HERE I WOULD HAVE TO PLAY SOMETHING, BUT I WAS TOLD BY THE CONDUCTOR JUST NOW THAT HE HAS A SPARE CELLO WAITING FOR ME. I HAVE ACTUALLY TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HIM I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO PRACTISE, AND THAT WHEN YOU ARE WITH THE NAVY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU BANG THE BOW AGAINST THE BULKHEAD ALL THE TIME. ANYWAY, I AM MOST DELIGHTED TO BE HERE AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO MANY OPPORTUNITIES OF RETURNING.+
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