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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1989

TUEN MUN ON DISPLAY FOR ROYAL VISITORS

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TUEN MUN PUT ON ITS BRIGHTEST FACE TODAY THURSDAY) WHEN THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES VISITED THE NEW TOWN FOR THE CLOSING CEREMONY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT FESTIVAL.

THE ACCENT WAS ON YOUTH AS THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES WATCHED CHILDREN

YOUNG PEOPLE SING. GIVE DANCING PERFORMANCES AND TAKE PART IN SPORTS AND GAMES BEFORE THE ROYAL VISITORS.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES ARRIVED SEPARATELY HELICOPTER AFTER COMPLETING THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMMES MORNING,'

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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS HAD BEEN VISITING THE 2ND BATTALION, KING EDWARD VII'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES WHILE THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAD TOURED THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL AT WONG CHUK HANG.

FROM THE TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND, WHERE THEIR WESSEX HELICOPTERS OF 28 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE HAD LANDED, THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES TRAVELLED BY CAR TO THE TUEN MUN TOWN HALL WHERE THEY WERE RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DONALD LIAO POON-HUA I, WHO PRESENTED THE REGIONAL SECRETARY, NEW TERRITORIES. MR ADOLF HSU.

MR LIAO AND MR HSU THEN PRESENTED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG; THE CHAIRMAN OF TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, MR LAU WONG-FAT; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN FESTIVAL, MR CHAN TIN-SANG, THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES. MR H.H.T. BARMA AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER TUEN MUN, MR JOHN WAN.

AS A CLOUD OF BALLOONS WERE RELEASED THE TUEN MUN CHILDREN'S CHOIR BEGAN THEIR PERFORMANCE. THE ROYAL VISITORS WALKED TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TOWN HALL CONCOURSE WHERE THEY SAW LOCAL RESIDENTS PERFORMING AEROBIC AND MORRIS DANCING.

AT AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES WERE BRIEFED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES SEPARATELY WALKED THROUGH A CARNIVAL AND GAMES STALL AREA, PAUSING то CHAT ΤΟ SOME OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT PLAY.

THE ROYAL COUPLE MET LATER AT AN ADJACENT GARDEN TO SEE A COLLECTION OF BONSAI FROM CHING CHUNG MONASTERY. THERE CHIEF PASTOR OF CHING CHUNG MONASTERY, MR HAU PO-WOON, WAS PRESENTED TO THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES.

THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES LEFT BY CAR FOR THE TANG SHUI KIN SPORTS GROUND WHERE THE PRINCESS OF WALES BOARDED A HELICOPTER TO FLY BACK TO HIMS TAMAR.

THE PRINCE OF WALES, ACCOMPANIED BY MR DONALD LIAO, BY CAR FOR SHUI TAU VILLAGE.

DEPARTED

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