FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1985
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GOVERNOR ATTENDS VOLUNTEERS DINNER
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING ATTENDED THE 131ST FOUNDATION DAY DINNER OF THE HONG KONG VOLUNTEERS AT THE HILTON HOTEL.
THE DINNER WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMEN” (THE VOLUNTEERS) AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE.
SIR EDWARD WAS GREETED ON ARRIVAL BY COL. JOHN HEYWOOD, THE HONORARY COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT, AND WING COMMANDER ALISTAIR ASPREY, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE AUXILIARY AIR FORCE.
HE ALSO MET SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE REGIMENT AND THE AUXILIARY AIR FORCE FOR DRINKS BEFORE DINNER.
AFTER THE LOYAL TOAST, SIR EDWARD JOINED THE VOLUNTEERS IN A TOAST TO THE NINETY-NINE+ IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE 99 FOUNDING MEMBERS.
THE HONG KONG VOLUNTEERS WAS FORMED IN MAY 1854 TO PROTECT HONG KONG WHEN THE BRITISH GARRISON WAS WITHDRAWN FOR THE CRIMEAN WAR.
ITS TITLE AND CONSTITUTION HAD CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN.
IN 1970, ITS TWO REMAINING CONSTITUENT UNITS, THE HONG KONG REGIMENT AND THE HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, WERE ESTABLISHED AS SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITIES, EACH WITH ITS OWN ORDINANCE.
COMING BACK FROM CHINA VISIT
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY-DESIGNATE, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL BE RETURNING TO HONG KONG BY TRAIN TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING AFTER A TWO-WEEK VISIT TO CHINA.
ON ARRIVAL, MR AKERS-JONES WILL MEET THE PRESS BRIEFLY IN THE VIP ROOM IN KCR'S KOWLOON STATION IN HUNG HOM.
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