MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1989
LIGHTS GO ON FOR ROYAL VISITORS
T
LASERS
WHEN
ARE JUST PART OF THE LIGHTS FANTASTIC THOSE GLITTERING WELCOME PREPARED FOR THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES THEY ARRIVE IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (TUESDAY),
AND WHERE THE
THE
OF DANCING LASERS WILL LIGHT UP AN EXTRAVAGANZA DISPLAYS BY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN EDINBURGH PLACE, OFFICIAL WELCOME FOR THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES WILL TAKE PLACE.
WILL
STAGED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, THE YOUTH DISPLAY
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THE TRADITIONAL BE AN INFORMAL CONTRAST TO THE POMP AND CEREMONY OF
REGIMENT GUARD OF HONOUR WHICH WILL BE MOUNTED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG (THE VOLUNTEERS),
THE
TAKE
WILL BE
THEM, KOWLOON,
FOR THE ROYAL VISITORS THE EDINBURGH PLACE WELCOME
THAT ITEM IN A BUSY PROGRAMME JUST
WILL FIRST TOGETHER AND SEPARATELY, TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN HONG KONG, AND THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS.
THEY WILL SEE ASPECTS OF HONG KONG LIFE FROM HOUSING
FROM CENTRES,
FUTURE AND TO STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTER TERTIARY EDUCATION CENTRES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO A CARE HOME ELDERLY.
WHO
PRINCE
HAVE BEEN AND PRINCESS OF WALES, THE INDONESIA, WILL ARRIVE AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON ROYAL AIR FORCE VC10 AT 5.30 PM.
ESTATES EXISTING POR THE
VISITING BOARD
A
ON THE AIRPORT TARMAC THEY WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE SIR DAVID WILSON, AND LADY WILSON,
GOVERNOR,
FROM THE KAI TAK APRON THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES WILL BE TO THE PROMONTORY PIER, HALF WAY DOWN THE KAI TAK RUNWAY, WHERE
FOR THE TRIP WILL BOARD THE GOVERNOR'S LAUNCH, THE LADY MAURINE, ACROSS THE HARBOUR TO QUEEN'S PIER.
DRIVEN THEY
A TOTAL OF 14 LAUNCHES WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS
THEY
LED BY THE WILL BE OF
THE HARBOUR WALES ON
CROSSING.
BOARD, MARINE POLICE'S HARBOUR DIVISION COMMAND LAUNCH, POLICE 79. ON SUPERINTENDENT ROD COLSON WILL HAVE THE TASK OF ENSURING THAT VICTORIA HARBOUR IS KEPT CLEAR FOR THE ROYAL ESCORT.
WILL POLICE
BE FLANKED ON 79
EACH SIDE BY TYPHOON-TYPE INFLATABLE BOATS FROM THE MARINE POLICE'S SMALL BOAT UNIT.
TWO
MORE
THE LADY MAURINE FLANKING
BE WILL
AUSTRALIAN-BUILT SHARKCATS, THE FASTEST VESSELS IN THE GOVERNMENT FLEET, AND TWO TYPHOON-TYPF INFLATABLES.
ASTERN OF THE
POLICE
*
MARINE POLICE'S CARRYING SUPERINTENDENT
LADY MAURINE WILL BE THE EASTERN DIVISION COMMAND LAUNCH, ROGER TRITTON WHO WILL CO-ORDINATE THE ROYAL ESCORT,
/ON ARRIVAL
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