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FOR SIR D WILSON FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT HOUSE
YOUR TELNO 487: ARRIVAL ARRANGEMENTS.
THE ANSWERS TO THE COMMENTS IN YOUR TUR ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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CEIVED PÅ MEGISTRY 2 5 FEB 1987
(1) NOTED. AH CHAN WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE. IF LADY WILSON WISHES TO SEND A DRESS IN ADVANCE (OR YOU A SUIT) THIS COULD BE PRESSED AND
READY FOR YOUR ARRIVAL.
(11) NO : THERE IS INSUFFICIENT HEADROOM.
(111) BECAUSE IT IS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND PRESENTABLE AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE OPTED FOR TSIM SHA TSUI PIER (OPPOSITE HOLIDAY INN HARBOUR VIEW) INSTEAD OF KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER. WE SUGGEST THAT YOU, LADY WILSON AND ANDREW STAND ON THE DOREDECK OF THE LADY MAURINE FOR THE CROSSING. A SALUTE IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE FLY-PAST AND THE 17-GUN SALUTE, PERHAPS SIMULTANEOUSLY, WOUD BE
APPROPRIATE.
(IV) THE GUARD COMMANDER WILL REPORT WHEN YOU ARE ON THE DAIS. YOU THEN DESCEND. YOU WALK NEAREST TO THE GUARD, THE COMMANDER WILL THEREFORE BE ON YOUR RIGHT WHEN YOU ARE INSPECTING THE FRONT RANK AND ON YOUR LEFT FOR THE REAR RANK. AT THE END OF THE INSPECTION YOU DO NOT RETURN TO THE DAIS. YOU RETURN THE GUARD COMMANDER'S SALUTE: THEN, ACCOMPANIED BY SIR D. AKERS-JONES, YOU PROCEED TO THE LINE OF EXCO AND LEGCO MEMBERS. A REVISED DIAGRAM OF THESE MOVEMENTS WILL BE SENT BY THE NEXT BAG. COLOURS WILL NOT
BE CARRIED ON PARADE.
(V) NO RETURN TO THE DAIS. THE GUARD WILL REMAIN IN PLACE, AT EASE,
AFTER THE INSPECTION.
(VI) YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAR YOUR HAT UNTIL YOU ENTER CITY HALL. THE ADC WILL TAKE CHARGE OF IT AT THAT POINT.
(VII) YOU APPROACH THE TABLE FROM THE LEFT SIDE. 5 BARS OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ARE PLAYED AS SOON AS YOU AND THE PARTY ARE ALL STANDING IN POSITION AT THE TABLE.
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