(28 Feb 2005)

VIDEO QUALITY AS INCOMING
1. Plane taxing on runway
2. Charles, His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales walking off plane, across runway
3. Various of Prince Charles shaking hands with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadiragaman, Susil Premajayantha, Minister of Power and Energy Minister in Attendance and Deputy Foreign Minister Professor Wiswa Warnapala
4. Prince Charles signs the Golden Book at the special enclosure
5. Close up of Prince Charles'' hand signing book
6. Prince Charles leaves for Batticaloa (east cost) by helicopter


PRINCE CHARLES VISITS TSUNAMI-HIT SRI LANKA

Britain''s Prince Charles arrived in Sri Lanka on Monday morning where he was greeted local officials before boarding a helicopter for Sri Lanka''s Batticaloa region, where he was scheduled to meet with tsunami survivors and aid workers.

The devastation from the tsunami on 26 December 2004 killed more than 31,000 people in the former British colony and left another one million people homeless.

Prince Charles also was scheduled to meet with President Chandrika Kumaratunga and British diplomatic staff before departing later Monday for Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

The visit was the prince''s first to Sri Lanka since 1998, when he attended celebrations marking the country''s 50th year of independence.

Sri Lanka became independent in 1948 after 152 years of British colonial rule.

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