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THE PRINCE OF WALES THEN WALKED ALONG BONIAM STRAND WEST TO DES VOEUX ROAD. AN AREA KNOWN FOR ITS DRIED SEAFOOD SHOPS. AND CALLED IN AT TWO OF THEM, FOOK SHING HO (HK) LTD AND THE FORTUNATE SEAFOOD PRODUCTION LTD.
AFTER HIS HOUR-LONG STROLL THROUGH WESTERN. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS LEFT BY CAR FOR HMS TAMAR WHERE HE BOARDED HMY BRITANNIA.
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AT NOON THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON BOARDED THE BRITANNIA TO FAREWELL TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS BEFORE THE ROYAL YACHT SAILED AT 2 PM AT THE END OF THE FOUR-DAY ROYAL TOUR.
PRINCE OF WALES VISITS A HONG KONG LANDMARK
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JAGUAR CARS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS WITH TAKEOVER BIDS CAME IN FOR SOME ROYAL ATTENTION WHEN THE PRINCE OF WALES VISITED AN EXHIBITION OF JAGUAR'S LATEST MODELS AT THE LANDMARK.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS TRAVELLED FROM HMS TAMAR TO THE LANDMARK BY CAR ACCOMPANIED BY THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER IN HONGKONG, MR. P.W. HEAP, WHO ACCOMPANIED THE ROYAL VISITOR ON HIS TOUR OF ONE OF HONG KONG'S MOST POPULAR SHOPPING CENTRES.
COMPLETED IN 1983. THE LANDMARK IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL COMPLEXES. A 47-LEVEL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF TWIN 42-LEVEL OFFICE BLOCKS, GLOUCESTER TOWER AND EDINBURGH TOWER, AND AN ADJOINING FIVE-LEVEL OFFICE AND RETAIL BUILDING, LANDMARK EAST, IT HAS A FIVE-LEVEL. SKYLIGHTED RETAIL ATRIUM AT ITS CENTRE.
THE ATRIUM. A POPULAR MEETING PLACE WITH HONG KONG'S SHOPPERS, WAS THE VENUE FOR THE JAGUAR CAR EXHIBITION VISITED BY THE PRINCE OF WALES.
THE NEW MODELS ON SHOW INCLUDED A SOVEREIGN 4.0 SALOON, A DAIMLER, AN XJS CONVERTIBLE. A JAGUAR 2.9 LITRE AND AN XJS 3.6.
ON ARRIVAL AT THE DES VOEUX ROAD ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING THE PRINCE OF WALES WAS RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON.
MR НЕАР PRESENTED MR CHARLES MACKAY, CHAIRMAN OF INCHCAPE PACIFIC: MR STUART ROBINSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE JAGUAR HONG KONG; VISCOUNT ERRINGTON, MANAGING DIRECTOR INCHCAPE CHINA LTD; MR ROGER PUTNAM, SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR OF JAGUAR CARS UK AND JAGUAR CARS UK'S DIRECTOR OVERSEAS SALES, MR NIGEL HESLOP.
THE CAR EXHIBITION IS JUST ONE IN A SERIES OF COMMERCIAL, MUSICAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS REGULARLY HELD AROUND THE SPARKLING FOUNTAIN,
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