FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1989
PRINCE OF WALES GOES WALKABOUT IN WESTERN
SOME
THE PRINCE OF WALES SAMPLED CHIU CHOW TEA AND EXPERIENCED OF THE SIGHTS. SOUNDS AND SCENTS THAT MAKE UP THE MORE TRADITIONAL HONG KONG WHEN HE WALKED THROUGH WESTERN AND VISITED CHINESE MEDICINE AND DRIED FISH SHOPS TODAY (FRIDAY).
FOR HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. WHO HAD JUST VISITED A JAGUAR CAR EXHIBITION IN THE LANDMARK. HIS WALKABOUT WAS A TRANSITION FROM ONE OF THE MOST MODERN TO ONE OF THE OLDEST PARTS OF HONG KONG.
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HE VISITED AN AREA KNOWN AS THE NAM PAK HONG. WHICH HAS BEEN BUSINESS CENTRE SINCE HONG KONG WAS FOUNDED AS A TRADING PORT IN
1842.
THE NAM PAK HONG IS A CLUSTER OF SHOPS ALONG A FEW NARROW STREETS OCCUPIED BY BONHAM STRANDS EAST AND WEST AND WING LOK STREET IN SHEUNG WAN.
THE NAME LITERALLY MEANS "SOUTH AND NORTH FIRMS" AND REFLECTS THE WIDE SCOPE OF BUSINESS IT HANDLES. STRETCHING FROM BEIJING AND TIENTSIN IN NORTH CHINA TO COUNTRIES IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA. THE FIRMS IN THESE OLD STREETS HAVE ACTED AS COMMERCIAL INTERMEDIARIES BETWEEN CHINA AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA. OVER TIME THEIR TRADE HAS EXTENDED TO EUROPE. AMERICA AND MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD.
THE NAM PAK HONG ASSOCIATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1868 IN BONHAM STRAND WEST. AIMED AT PROMOTING MEMBERS' WELFARE AND MARKET PROSPERITY.
THE UNITY AND SOLIDARITY SHOWN BY THE HONGS IN THOSE DAYS STILL EXISTS TODAY WITH METHODS OF BUSINESS STILL RELYING VERY MUCH ON TRUST AND PERSONAL INTEGRITY.
ON ARRIVAL AT SHEUNG WAN HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WAS GREETED BY MR. DONALD LIAO, SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS. WHO PRESENTED ΤΗΣ REGIONAL SECRETARY HONG KONG AND KOWLOON ). DAVID LAN AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER (CENTRAL AND WESTERN). MR STEPHEN FISHER.
THE PRINCE OF WALES SAW SOME OF THE HERBAL AND OTHER NATURAL MEDICINES THAT HAVE BEEN STOCK-IN-TRADE OF SHOPKEEPERS IN THE AREA SINCE ITS EARLIEST DAYS WHEN HE CALLED IN THE SHOP OF CHIU KWONG LEE CO LTD WHERE THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR CHIV KWONG-HOI OFFERED HIS ROYAL VISITOR TO TRY AND TASTE SOME KOREAN GINSENG AND CHIU CHOW TEA. MR CHIU ALSO EXPLAINED) TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL MEDICINES ON DISPLAY.
IN THE SHOP MR DAVID LAN PRESENTED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD. MR. AMBROSE LAU HON-CHUEN. AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHIU CHOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MR. LIU LIT-FOR.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS HAD FURTHER INSIGHT INTO CHINESE MEDICINE WHEN
HE
VISITED THE SHOP NEXT DOOR. PAK CHEONG TONG. WHERE MR LAN PRESENTED THE OWNER. MR. TSANG SAU-YUEN.
/THE PRINCE
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