SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1982
DUKE OF KENT ARRIVES SUNDAY
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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF KENT ARRIVES FROM AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT.
HRH THE DUCHESS OF KENT WILL JOIN HIM HERE FROM LONDON, ARRIVING ON MONDAY.
THE IR ROYAL HIGHNESSES WILL HAVE NO OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENTS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY, BUT WILL ATTEND A SERIES OF PUBLIC FUNCTIONS DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK INCLUDING THE OPENING OF THE FAR EAST AND PACIFIC GAMES FOR THE DISABLED AND THE OPENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL.
ON TUESDAY MORNING, THE DUKE WILL MAKE A PRIVATE VISIT TO CASTLE PEAK 'A' POWER STATION WHERE HE WILL LUNCH WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, LORD KADOORIE, AND THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THE DUKE WILL TRAVEL TO THE POWER STATION ON THE GOVERNOR'S LAUNCH THE LADY MAURINE+. ALONG THE WAY HE WILL SEE SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
TRAVELLING WITH HIM WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR EDDIE SHORT, WHO WILL BRIEF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS ON THE VARIOUS PROJECTS, INCLUDING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ON LANTAU ISLAND AND THE PROPOSED NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.
LATER IN THE DAY, THE DUKE WILL TRAVEL TO TUEN MUN WHERE HE WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DONALD LIAQ WHO WILL ESCORT HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS ON A TOUR OF STU ON COURT HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, ON TING AND YAU OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
ON TING AND YAU OF ARE THE LARGEST SISTER-ESTATES IN TUEN MUN, HOUSING MORE THAN 57 000 RESIDENTS IN 14 206 FLATS.
THE TWO ESTATES SHARE A WIDE RANGE OF COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES WITH THE ADJACENT HOME OWNERSHIP ESTATE, SIU ON COURT, WHICH PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION FOR MORE THAN 5 000 RESIDENTS IN TEN 17-STOREY BLOCKS.
AN ADVISORY CENTRE HAS ALSO BEEN SET UP AT YAU OI TO HELP RESIDENTS ADJUST TO THE NEW ENVIRONMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
THE DUKE WILL ALSO TOUR THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX SERVING THE ESTATES, VISIT THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS KINDERGARTEN AND CALL ON A FAMILY LIVING IN ONE OF THE FLATS.
HE WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ISLAND BY HELICOPTER.
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