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FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1983

PRINCESS ANNE ARRIVES

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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ANNE ARRIVED FROM TOKYO TODAY

(FRIDAY) FOR A FOUR-DAY PRIVATE VISIT.

SHE WAS GREETED AT THE AIRPORT BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE AND LADY YOUDE.

THE GOVERNOR THEN PRESENTED HIS AIDE-DE-CAMP, MR PAUL CROFT; THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE AND LADY HADDON-CAVE; THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL DEREK BOORMAN AND MRS BOORMAN; SIR SZE-YUEN CHÚNG, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MR ROGER LOBO, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND MRS LOBO1 THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF JAPAN, MR CHUSEI YAMADA AND MRS YAMADA; AND THE MASTER OF SIGNALS, MAJOR GENERAL J.M.W. BADCOCK.

FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE ON AP LEI CHAU

PRINCESS ANNE TOURS

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SHORTLY AFTER HER ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ANNE TODAY TOURED THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE ON AP LEI CHAU AND HAD A PANORAMIC LOOK AT THE ADJOINING TOURIST ATTRACTION OF ABERDEEN HARBOUR.

AT AP LE CHAU ESTATE, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S 91ST ESTATE, THE PRINCESS VISITED TWO FAMILIES, STROLLED ALONG ITS BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED COASTAL PROMENADE AND REST GARDEN, AND WATCHED THE ESTATE'S CHILDREN TAKING PART IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS WAS PLEASANTLY AMAZED AT THE CHANGING FACES OF ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU, AND WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE FAST DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC ́ HOUSING.

PRINCESS ANNE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DONALD LEAO, AND THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR BERNARD WILLIAMS, ON HER AFTERNOON VISIT TO THE ESTATE WHICH WAS COMPLETED LAST OCTOBER, PROVIDING MODERN HOMES FOR 19 600 PEOPLE.

FROM A VANTAGE POINT ON THE PROMENADE, PRINCESS ANNE SAW WITH KEEN INTEREST HOW THE FISHERMEN LIVED IN THE ABERDEEN HARBOUR WHICH IS SO OFTEN PORTRAYED IN WESTERN FILMS.

LINKED WITH ABERDEEN BY A $60 MILLION, 230-METRE-LONG BRIDGE, WHICH OPENED IN 1980, THE ONCE SLEEPY ISLAND IS NOW TRANSFORMED INTO A BUSY MODERN TOWNSHIP, SITE-FORMATION WORKS ARE WELL UNDERWAY ON THE ISLAND FOR TWO MORE PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS WHICH WILL HOUSE ANOTHER 40 000 PEOPLE IN 10 400 FLATS BY 1988.

ARRIVING AT THE ESTATE'S COMMUNITY HALL WHICH SERVES AS A FOCAL POINT OF RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE TENANTS, PRINCESS ANNE WAS GREETED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR JOHN CHAMBERS.

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