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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1989

A ROYAL OPENING FOR CONVENTION CENTRE

WITH THE OPENED

THE PRINCE OF WALES COMPLETED A ROYAL CONNECTION HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE WHEN HE OFFICIALLY THE CENTRE IN WAN CHAI TODAY (THURSDAY).

JUST

OVER

OF

THREE YEARS AGO HER MAJESTY THE THE CENTRE DURING HER VISIT

QUEEN TO HONG

LAID THE KONG IN

FOUNDATION STONE OCTOBER 1986.

THE FIRST STEEL BEAM OF THE PROJECT WAS LAID AT THE SAME TIME OVER TWO YEARS AND THE $2.5 BILLION CENTRE OPENED ON SCHEDULE, JUST LATER, ON NOVEMBER 25, 1988,

SINCE THEN IT HAS MADE HONG KONG A FOCAL POINT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND CONVENTIONS.

FOR LARGER

PRINCESS OF WALES ON THE THIRD DAY OF THE ROYAL VISIT, THE

BLUE SKIRT AND WORE A SILK DRESS WITH STRAIGHT ROYAL

WHITE BODICE AND CUFFS WITH SHORT EGDE TO EDGE WHITE JACKET AND ROYAL BLUE COLLAR AND ROYAL BLUE SHOES, DESIGNED BY CATHERINE WALKER OF CHELSEA DESIGN.

THE

WALES

ACCOMPANIED

BY CENTRE

THE PRINCESS, WHERE HE WAS

OF PRINCE ARRIVED BY CAR

AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE RECEIVED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, DAME LYDIA DUNN, WHO PRESENTED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HKTDC, MR JACK SO.

MEMBERS

TING

THE CHAIRMAN AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRESENTED HKTDC

TANG, MR DENNIS MR WONG PO-YAN, MR HARI N. HARILELA, MR JACK AND DR PHILIP Y. WONG.

THE ESCALATOR TO

MR CHENG YU- DEVELOPED THE

ROYAL THEIR

HIGHNESSES TRAVELLED BY CONVENTION HALL WHERE DAME LYDIA AND MR SO PRESENTED TUNG, WHOSE COMPANY, NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT CO LTD, CENTRE AND WHOSE FULLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE (MANAGEMENT) LTD - RUN IT.

ALSO PRESENTED WERE THE PROJECT CONSULTANT AND CHAIRMAN OF C- FIN PROJECTS LTD, MR NORMAN THOMPSON; THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT LTD, MR HENRY CHENG AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF CENTRE, MR GEORGE BLANEY.

AS THE ROYAL PARTY ENTERED THE CONVENTION HALL THE THE 1ST BATTALION, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S ROYAL REGIMENT AND WILTSHIRE) PLAYED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

DAME LYDIA MADE A BRIEF SPEECH OF WELCOME AND PRINCE OF WALES TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THEN UNVEILED A ENTITLED "CONVENTION" BY AWARD-WINNING, ARIES LEE, WHO IS NOW BASED IN JAPAN.

THE

BAND OF (BERKSHIRE

INVITED THE

COMMEMORATIVE HONG KONG-BORN

SCULPTURE SCULPTOR

/THE PRINCE