ROYAL
VISIT
PRESS RELEASE
Sunday, May 4, 1975
QUEEN'S VISIT CEREMONY OF WELCOME
SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE
AT CITY HALL ON SUNDAY, MAY 4
Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Your Excellency,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This is the first time in the history of Hong Kong that the Sovereign has come here. We, the people of Hong Kong, are proud and encouraged that Your Majesty should be paying us this visit now. It is a moment of real historical significance.
The predominant emotion at this moment is a fervent wish that Your Majesty and Four Royal Highness will enjoy your short stay amongst us, that you will be able to see the way we live and also some of the ways we enjoy ourselves, and above all the sort of people and community we are. We dare to hope that, having seen a little of all this, you will like it.
To supplement what can be seen in so short a time we have prepared an exhibition, We hope this will also be of interest to a very wide public. For the visit of Your Majesty and Your Royal Highness is a good time to remove misconceptions and to remind ourselves and others what Hong Kong has done, what it now is, and what it could be.
Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, on behalf of Hong Kong I extend
to you a very sincere and very loyal welcome.
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