July 3, 1997: Britain's Prince Charles arrived in the country aboard the royal yacht Britannica
Britain's Prince Charles arrived in the country aboard the royal yacht Britannica
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July 3,1997
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Britain's Prince Charles arrived
in the country aboard the royal yacht Britannica, following the turn over of
Hong Kong from British rule to China.
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Malacanang, Prince Charles, flanked by President Fidel Ramos and his wife,
received two tarsiers from a covered basket and
briefly held one of them in the palm of his hand before returning the animal
to its caretaker.
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turned them over to local group, the Philippine Tarsier Foundation, run by
Jesus Alvarez, a former Philippine wildlife official, for care.
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Tarsiers are tiny nocturnal primates
with huge eyes. They leap around the trees at night catching insects.
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The
ceremony was intended to show Prince Charles' continuing concern for wildlife
conservation as well as the planned signing of an order by Mr. Ramos,
declaring the Philippine tarsier a protected specie.
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Reference:
Philippines News Agency
http://kahimyang.info/
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