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NOTE TO EDITORS &

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1981

PRESS ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FIRST STOP-OVER VISIT OF HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

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THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR THE MEDIA TO COVER THE FIRST OF THE TWO STOP-OVER VISITS BY HRH PRINCE PHILIP, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, WHO IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE BY CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS AT 9.35 AM ON TUESDAY (MARCH 24).

THERE WILL BE A PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITY AT THE AIRPORT FOR PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN TO TAKE PICTURES OF HIS ARRIVAL.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR JACK CATER, REPRESENTING THE GOVERNOR WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE OF EXECUTIVE HEADS OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES AT THE SAME TIME AS PRINCE PHILIP ARRIVES.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ASSIGNED TO COVER THE ARRIVAL ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE IN THE PRESS ROOM AT THE AIRPORT AT 8.30 AM. GIS OFFICERS WILL BE PRESENT TO ASSIST.

VISIT TO PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL

THE MOTORCADE WITH PRINCE PHILIP AND THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE. WILL ARRIVE AT THE HOSPITAL AT 2.30 PM THE SAME DAY. SIR MURRAY WILL PRESENT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT, THE HON LYDIA DUNN, TO PRINCE PHILIP. MISS DUNN WILL THEN PRESENT THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON D.W. MCDONALD, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR THE HON K.L. THONG, THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE HON E.P. HO, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL, PROFESSOR GEOFFREY L. HOWE, TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS.

THE PARTY WILL THEN TOUR THE HOSPITAL.

AT ABOUT 3.20 PM, THE PARTY WILL PROCEED TO THE ENTRANCE HALL WHERE THE GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT MR EDWIN WONG, THE CONSULTANT ARCHITECT, MR JOHN ROSS- THE SECRETARY TO THE DENTAL ACADEMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND FORMER ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DENTAL STUDIES TEAM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, MR A.P. WALKER- AND THE HOSPITAL'S COMPTROLLER, MR D.H. MACE, WILL BE PRESENTED TO PRINCE PHILIP. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL BE INVITED TO UNVEIL A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AT THE HOSPITAL ENTRANCE.

THE DUKE AND SIR MURRAY WILL PROCEED DOWN THE STEPS TO RETURN TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT 3.30 PM.

THERE ARE NO PARKING FACILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL. ALL ACCREDITED MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE THEIR OWN WAY TO THE HOSPITAL AND ASSEMBLE WITH GIS OFFICERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE STEPS BY

2 PM FOR COVERAGE OF THE ARRIVAL OF PRINCE PHILIP.

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