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China's
first spaceman tours Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Nov. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- China's
first spaceman Yang Liwei visited several scenic
spots in Hong Kong Sunday, where he was greeted
by exciting Hong Kong residents and tourists.
Yang's itinerary started with a tour of the
Victoria Harbor in a foggy weather. The astronaut
enjoyed the beautiful scenery in a high spirit.
Yang then paid a visit to the Bank of China
Tower in Central, where Bank of China (Hong Kong)
presented a check of 500,000 HK dollars (64,000
US dollars) to the "China Space Foundation" in
support of China's research and development of
space technology.
After mid-day, he went on sightseeing at the
Tsing Ma Bridge, the world's longest road-and-rail
suspension bridge at 2.2 kilometers which links
the Lantau Island and the new Hong Kong International
Airport to Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.
The spaceman hailed the bridge as spectacular.
Many media workers, Hong Kong residents and
tourists waited forseveral hours at the above-mentioned
places for a chance to meet China's space hero.
Yang, along with a delegation of China's first
manned space mission, arrived here Friday afternoon
to pay a six-day visit at the invitation of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government.
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