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It is on Monday and Tuesday that the Queen and the Duke will be
most occupied, with a packed and varied itinerary of public appearances
that will keep them on the move from morning to night.
On Monday morning, the Queen will visit Morse Park swimming pool
and the Oi Man estate, while the Duke tours the Police Cadet School in
Fanling, the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles at Queen's Hill
Camp, and the Outward Bound School.
In the afternoon, both the Queen and the Duke will attend a community
lunch at the City Hall, after which they will be driven to the new Hung
Hom Railway Terminal where the Queen will unveil a plaque commemorating
her visit to Hong Kong before moving inside to tour a "Progress Hong Kong"
exhibition.
One of the main items on the Royal programme, the exhibition has
been specially planned for the visit, to serve as a showcase for Hong
Kong's industrial achievement. The Royal visitors will see displayed on
stand after stand superb examples of Hong Kong's sophisticated manufactured
consumer goods, now in demand in some of the world's most exacting markets.
In the evening, the Queen and the Duke will view a fireworks display
in the harbour, and then attend a special race meeting at the Royal Hong
Kong Jockey Club, where at least 45,000 people will be on hand to welcome them.
Tuesday's programme for the Queen begins with a trip by hover ferry
to Tsuen Wan, just as the Duke gets airborne in a helicopter for a call
at the Chinese University. Meeting up again at the Kwai Chung container
terminal, the Royal couple will travel in the Governor's yacht, The Lady
Maurine, to a reception in their honour at the Ocean Terminal.
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In the afternoon, they will visit the Hong Kong University, and
then view a water pageant in Aberdeen harbour. When the Queen returns to
Government House from Aberdeen, the Duke will proceed to Stanley Fort to
call on the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards.
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