PRESS RELEASE
Royal Visit.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1986
PEOPLE OF SHA TIN ARE +AT HOME+ TO THE QUEEN
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HONG KONG'S MASSIVE HOUSING PROGRAMME WAS BROUGHT DOWN TO PERSONAL PROPORTIONS FOR THE QUEEN TODAY WHEN SHE VISITED A FAMILY IN THEIR HOME PURCHASE SCHEME FLAT IN LUNG HANG ESTATE, SHA TIN.
KING TIN COURT MAY LOOK LIKE HUNDREDS OF OTHER HOUSING BLOCKS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, BUT FOR A WHILE IT WAS THE CENTRE OF WORLD MEDIA ATTENTION WHEN THE QUEEN PAID A CALL AT FLAT EIGHT ON THE SECOND FLOOR THE HOME OF WHOLESALE FOOD SALESMAN MR TUNG CHUNG-MING (35), HIS WIFE, AU YEUNG CHUNG-MING (38) AND THE IR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PRIMARY FOUR STUDENT SON TUNG HO-LUN.
THE QUEEN SPENT SEVERAL MINUTES CHATTING WITH THE FAMILY WHO BOUGHT THE 54 SQUARE-METRE FLAT THREE YEARS AGO FOR $210 000. PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD LIVED IN A SUB-DIVIDED TENEMENT IN WAN CHAI.
MR TUNG SAID. WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY SPECIAL PREPARATION FOR THE QUEEN'S VISIT. WE DIDN'T BUY ANY NEW FURNITURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHY OUR FLAT WAS CHOSEN, BUT WE ARE VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED ABOUT IT AND THE NEIGHBOURS ARE EXCITED TOO.+
THE QUEEN ARRIVED AT LUNG HANG ESTATE BY CAR AFTER A SLOW 10-MILE DRIVE FROM HMS TAMAR ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE. THE DRIVE CAR WAS DELIBERATELY SLOW TO GIVE CROWDS ALONG THE ROUTE A CHANCE TO SEE THE ROYAL VISITOR.
FOR THE OCCASION, THE QUEEN WORE A SHORT-SLEEVED DRESS OF FUCHSIA PRINTED CREPE DE CHINE WITH TUCKED DETAIL IN BODICE AND SKIRT. SHE HAD ON A LARGE-BRIMMED HAT IN MATCHING STRAW WITH SHALLOW CROWN AND TRIMMED WITH THE MATERIAL OF HER DRESS.
ON ARRIVAL AT THE ESTATE SHE WAS RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, WHO PRESENTED THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR JOHN TODD. MR TODD, IN TURN PRESENTED THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR Y.L. PANG, AND THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN OF OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, DR DENNY HUANG CHAIRMAN OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR CHARLES SINE CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, MR F.K. HU; AND HOUSING MANAGER, MR C.Y. LEE. MAJESTY SAW AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIAGRAMS DEPICTING
HER THE WORK OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. THESE WERE EXPLAINED BY MR PANG.
/THE QUEEN,
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