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TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1982

HONG KONG CONGRATULATES PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES ****

THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, HAS SENT A MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES ON THE BIRTH OF THEIR SON.

THE MESSAGE, SENT THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR FRANCIS PYM, READS1

+GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD CONVEY TO THE IR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES THE CONGRATULATIONS AND WARM GOOD WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ON THE BIRTH OF THEIR SON..

DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT TO VISIT HONG KONG

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THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT WILL VISIT HONG KONG IN THE LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER. THE DUKE WILL OPEN THE FAR EAST AND SOUTH PACIFIC PARAPLEGIC GAMES AND UNVEIL A PLAQUE AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, IN WHICH THE GAMES WILL BE THE FIRST EVENT. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL ALSO INAUGURATE THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL AT SHA TIN,

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS WILL CARRY OUT SEVERAL OTHER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS AND WILL DINE WITH UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.

THE DUKE, AS COLONEL OF THE SCOTS GUARDS, WILL VISIT THE FIRST BATTALION, AND THE DUCHESS, WHO IS COLONEL-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY CATERING CORPS AND CONTROLLER COMMANDANT, WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS, WILL MEET MEMBERS OF BOTH CORPS.

TIME.

FULL DETAILS OF THE ROYAL VISIT WILL BE ISSUED NEARER THE

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE FOLLOWING IS A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

IN 1952,

THE 46-YEAR-OLD DUKE IS NO STRANGER TO HONG KONG. HE ACCOMPANIED HIS MOTHER, PRINCESS MARINA, DUCHESS OF KENT, ON HER FAR EASTERN TOUR, WHICH INCLUDED HONG KONG.