ROYAL VISIT PRESS RELEASE
Monday, March 24, 1975
SECOND VISIT TO HONG KONG BY DUKE OF EDINBURGH
Career Of Long, Journeys To Remote Parts Of The World
The Duke of Edinburgh, unlike the Queen, will be paying a second
visit to Hong Kong when the Royal couple arrive in May. He was here for
a few days in 1959.
The occasion was a tour of India, Pakistan, and British Far
Eastern and Pacific territories, planned to coincide with an Indian
Science Congress in New Delhi.
The Duke attended the Congress as the representative of the
British Association for the Advancement of Science.
The Duke's party for the visit to Hong Kong included Sir Alexander
Grantham, who had been Governor of Hong Kong for ten years and who had
some time earlier been succeeded by Sir Robert Black.
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As the Royal yacht Britannia entered the harbour from Lyemun pass,
Sir Alexander joined the Duke on the deck to point out interesting aspects
along the waterfront at Shau Kei Wan, North Point, Wan Chai and Contral.
The route was thronged by members of the public.
At that time, Shau Kei Wan, North Point, Wan Chai and Central were
being redeveloped. The skyline was already changing, but not to the extent
that has since taken place, and the Duke, if he recalls the scene, will
probably marvel at the transformation.
Besides New Delhi, Karachi and Hong Kong, the Duke also visited on
this tour Singapore, Sarawak, Brunei, North Borneo (now Sabah), the Solomon
Islands, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Christmas Island, the Bahamas ad Bermuda.
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