WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1983
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DUKE LEAVES FOR BANGKOK
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AFTER A MINOR FAULT IN HIS ANDOVER AIRCRAFT WAS CORRECTED, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, LEFT FOR BANGKOK THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO HONG KONG ABOUT ONE HOUR AND 15 MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF BECAUSE OF A FAULT IN ITS CABIN PRESSURE SYSTEM.
REPAIRS WERE CARRIED OUT BY ENGINEERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND THE AIRCRAFT LEFT AGAIN AT 12.30 PM.
THE DUKE WAS SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE GOVERNOR,
SIR EDWARD YOUDE.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE AIRPORT WERE THE CHIEF SECRETARY
SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE; THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL DEREK BOORMAN; THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG; THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROGER LOBO; THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF THAILAND,
MR PRABHATSORN SUNTHRARAKS; AND THE PRESIDENT OF WORLD WILDLIFE FUND, HONG KONG, SIR KENNETH FUNG.
HRH INSPECTS GUARD
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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING INSPECTED A GUARD AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE SHORTLY BEFORE HE LEFT HONG KONG.
THE GUARD, DRAWN FROM THE CORPS OF ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS WAS ON DUTY THROUGHOUT HIS VISIT.
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