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SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1979
PRINCE CHARLES WAS DELIGHTED WITH THE WELCOME GIVEN TO HIM BY THOUSANDS OF FLAG-WAVING CHILDREN AT THE TWO ESTATES, AND STOPPED SEVERAL TIMES TO TALK TO SOME OF THEM.
ACCOMPANIED BY MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, PRINCE CHARLES FIRST ARRIVED BY CAR AT THE BUS TERMINUS IN FRONT OF LEK YUEN'S COMMERCIAL COMPLEX.
THEY WERE WELCOMED BY MR. DONALD LIAO, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR. ANTHONY HUI CHEE-CHUNG, HOUSING MANAGER OF LEK YUEN ESTATE, AND MR. MICHAEL HO KWOK-CHO, HOUSING MANAGER OF WO CHE ESTATE.
THE ROYAL PARTY THEN WENT UP TO THE PODIUM OF THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX AND THROUGH A SUPERMARKET TO THE MODULAR MARKET OPPOSITE BLOCK 3.
AT THE LEK YUEN MARKET, HE SHOOK HANDS WITH THE OPERATORS OF SEVERAL STALLS INCLUDING A FISHMONGER WHO, GRINNING BROADLY, HELD UP A LARGE FISH FOR HIS INSPECTION THEN SHOOK HIS HAND WHILE THE PRINCE ALSO BROKE INTO A SMILE AS HE RESPONDED.
HE ASKED STALL-HOLDERS QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR PRODUCE AND AT A BEAN MERCHANT'S STALL WAS OFFERED AND ATE A BEAN SPROUT.
AT WO CHE, MR. LIAO SHOWED THE PRINCE MODELS OF THAT ESTATE AND A NEARBY HOME OWNERSHIP ESTATE, AND EXPLAINED TO HIM THE CONCEPT OF +PEDESTRIANISATION+ BY WHICH WO CHE AND LEK YUEN ARE LINKED BY A SERIES OF OVERHEAD WALKWAYS.
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