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From the school, the Duke will go to Queen's Hill Camp to visit
a regiment that bears his name, the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's own Gurkha
Rifles.
The Queen granted the regiment the title "Duke of Edinburgh's
Own" in 1959. Since 1973, the regiment has been stationed in Queen's
Hill Camp, and its members frequently take part in New Territories acti-
vities. The band, especially, is often asked to perform at festive
occasions.
The Duke will inspect the camp quarter guard and meet some of
the families on the football field.
His next stop will be the Outward Bound School, where he will
find trainees going through a course of tough physical exercises designed
to bring out the best in them. The course will be familiar to the Duke,
because it was conceived by Dr. Kurt Hahn, once his headmaster at Gordon-
stoun.
After touring the school the Duke will return by helicopter,
flying over the $1,500 million High Island Water Scheme en route.
will rejoin the Queen at Government House at about 12.35 p...
AFTERNOON
The first afternoon engagement for the Royal visitors will be
a community lunch at the City Hall. The Queen and the Duke will leave
Government House at 12.55 p.m., arriving five minutes later at the City
Hall Exhibition Hall, where the Governor will present to them prominent
members of the community.
At the luncheon, attended by some 650 guests, Sir Yuet-keung
Kan, Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council, will speak in
/Chinese and English