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Royal Visit
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1986
SPORTSMEN SHOW THE IR PACES FOR THE PRINCE
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HONG KONG'S SPORTSMEN AND SPORTSWOMEN SHOWED THEIR SKILLS TO THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH THIS MORNING WHEN HE VISITED THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE AT SHA TIN.
PRINCE PHILIP LANDED ON SOCCER PITCH ONE AT THE CENTRE IN THE HELICOPTER WHICH HAD FLOWN HIM FROM THE CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION. HE WAS RECEIVED BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY, MR ALAN SCOTT, WHO PRESENTED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE BOARD, MR DENIS BRAY, AND THE CENTRE'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE, MR HOWARD WELLS.
THE PRINCE AND PARTY WENT TO THE INDOOR SWIMMING POOL TO WATCH A TRAINING SESSION. MR WELLS PRESENTED MR DAVID HALLER HEAD SWIMMING COACH AND FORMER BRITISH NATIONAL COACH, WHO PRESENTED SOME OF HIS SWIMMING SQUAD TO THE DUKE.
MR WELLS ALSO PRESENTED MR MARTIN LAM, DIRECTOR OF THE SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, TO THE DUKE.
ON SOCCER PITCH ONE, WHERE HE HAD EARLIER LANDED, PRINCE PHILIP SAW TRAINING IN PROGRESS AND MR KWOK KA-MING, HEAD SOCCER COACH, WHO IS A QUALIFIED ENGLISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION COACH AND WHO REPRESENTED HONG KONG 96 TIMES AS A PLAYER, WAS PRESENTED TO HIM.
PRINCE PHILIP SAW A GYMNASTIC DISPLAY IN THE CHALLENGE GYMNASIUM AND MR WELLS PRESENTED THE HONORARY SECRETARY GENERAL, AMATEUR SPORTS FEDERATION AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OF HONG KONG, MR RAMON YOUNG, AND HEAD GYMNASTICS COACH MR JAMES WILSON, INTRODUCED GYMNAST MISS KWONG ME!-FONG.
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HEAD JUDO COACH MR DAVID STARBROOK, FORMER BRITISH NATIONAL COACH, WAS PRESENTED TO PRINCE PHILIP, WHO THEN WENT ON TO WATCH BADMINTON AND TENNIS PRACTICE AND CHATTED TO TENNIS PLAYER MISS PAULETTE MORENO AND BADMINTON PLAYER MISS AMY CHAN.
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THE DUKE ALSO SAW ABLE-BODIED AND DISABLED FENCERS IN TRAINING AND MR WELLS PRESENTED MR IAN STRACHAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, DR YORK CHOW, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE SAPH, MR CHENG CHUNG-YIN, HEAD TABLE TENNIS COACH, MR TOM NORCROSS, HEAD FENCING COACH, MR CHRISTOPHER CLARK, HEAD SQUASH COACH, AND MR PETER HARTLEY, SPORTS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
THE DUKE LEFT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE BY CAR FOR THE SHA TIN RACECOURSE TO REJOIN THE QUEEN FOR A CIVIC LUNCH AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
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