XN000022-1992-01-24 — Page 4

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1992

PRINCESS OF WALES ATTENDED GALA PERFORMANCĘ 'HONG KONG HEARTBEAT'

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A TWO-DAY PROMOTION OF HONG KONG IN LONDON CAME TO AN END LAST NIGHT (THURSDAY) WITH THE PRINCESS OF WALES THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE FINAL PERFORMANCE OF "HONG KONG HEARTBEAT ** AT THE BARBICAN CENTRE.

ABOUT ONE THOUSAND GUESTS ATTENDED THE GALA PERFORMANCE WHICH DEPICTED A DAY IN THE LIFE OF HONG KONG THROUGH MUSIC, DANCE, MIME, FILM AND FASHION.

BEFORE THE SHOW BEGAN, THE PRINCESS DOTTED THE EYES OF A SOUTHERN LION ONE OF THREE LIONS WHICH GAVE A ROUSING START NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT.

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THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY A FAST-PACED EIGHT-MINUTE FILM CAPTURING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HONG KONG TODAY, WHICH THEN GAVE WAY ΤΟ THE IMAGINATIVE STAGE PRESENTATION BY THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS AND THE SWIRE SCHOOL OF DESIGN.

AFTER THE SHOW, THE PRINCESS OF WALES WAS INTRODUCED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TO A NUMBER OF THE GUESTS. SHE SHOWED PARTICULAR INTEREST IN A GROUP OF PERFORMERS STILL WEARING THE TRADITIONAL EYE-CATCHING CHINESE OPERA COSTUMES.

"HONG KONG HEARTBEAT" WAS STAGED OVER TWO NIGHTS AS PART OF A SPECIAL PROMOTION OF THE TERRITORY WHICH BEGAN WITH A MAJOR BUSINESS CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY AND WAS ATTENDED BY SOME 400 BUSINESS LEADERS.

EARLIER YESTERDAY (THURSDAY), THE GOVERNOR ATTENDED A MEMORIAL SERVICE IN ST MARGARET'S CHURCH, WESTMINSTER ABBEY, FOR THE LATE SIR YUE-KONG PAO WHO DIED LAST YEAR. A FORMER GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, MACLEHOSE, GAVE THE ADDRESS AT THE SERVICE.

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TODAY (FRIDAY) SIR DAVID HAS FURTHER MEETINGS IN LONDON BRITISH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND MINISTERS BEFORE RETURNING KONG ON SATURDAY EVENING.

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