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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1989

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ROYAL VISITORS SEE LIFE AT THE TOP

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES SAW LIFE AT THE TOP IN HONG KONG WHEN THEY VIEWED THE NIGHTTIME LIGHTS OF THE TERRITORY FROM THE 44TH LEVEL OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING AND MET TOP BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AT A RECEPTION THIS EVENING (TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 71.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS WERE DRIVEN TO THE QUEEN'9 ROAD HEADQUARTERS OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK FROM EDINBURGH PLACE WHERE THE PRINCE OF WALES HAD REVIEWED A GUARD OF HONOUR AND LOCAL CHILDREN HAD STAGED A SPECTACULAR TO WELCOME THE ROYAL VISITORS.

ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE BANK, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, PRESENTED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ROYAL VISIT STEERING COMMITTEE, MR DONALD LIAO POON-HUI AND MRS LIAO AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BANK, MR WILLIAM PURVES AND MRS PURVES.

THE ROYAL PARTY TRAVELLED BY LIFT TO THE 41ST LEVEL FOR A RECEPTION ATTENDED BY 100 GUESTS MADE UP OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES LATER WENT TO LEVEL 44 WHERE THEY HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON.

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AT LEVEL 41. THE

PRINCESS WAS PRESENTED WITH A POSY BY HON, THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF A BANK STAFF MEMBER.

AFTER THE BANK RECEPTION, THE ROYAL COUPLE LEFT FOR HMS TAMAR WIIERE THEY EMBARKED ON HER MAJESTY'S YACHT BRITANNIA WHICH WILL BE THEIR HOME DURING THEIR STAY IN HONG KONG,

LATER IN THE EVENING. THE PRINCE AND PRINCES9 OF WALES ENTERTAINED THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON AT A PRIVATE DINNER PARTY ON BOARD HMY BRITANNIA.

BUSY SCHEDULE FOR ROYAL VISITORS

IN AN EVENT-FILLED SCHEDULE THAT WILL END WITH A GALA EVENING AT THE NEW CULTURAL CENTRE.THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES'S FIRST FULL DAY IN HONG KONG TOMORROW WEDNESDAY) WILL PROVIDE A BROAD VIEW OF LIFE AT ALL LEVELS OF LOCAL SOCIETY.

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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL VISIT A WORKING-CLASS THEIR HOUSING ESTATE HOME, LAY THE POUNDATION UNIVERSITY. RIDE ON THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AND SEE THE LATEST IN COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN.

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