Royal Visit.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1996
THE QUEEN LEAVES HONG KONG
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AFTER A CROWDED TWO-DAY TOUR OF HONG KONG, MANY ASPECTS OF LIFE IN THE TERRITORY AND MET HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, IN WHICH SHE SAN THE QUEEN DEPARTED FOR BRITAIN BY AIR THIS MORNING.
HER MAJESTY LEFT PROMPTLY AT 10.30 AM ON BOARD A SPECIALLY CHARTERED BRITISH AIRWAYS TRI-STAR.
THE QUEEN HAD ARRIVED AT KAI TAK AIRPORT BY CAR FROM HMS TAMAR, WHERE SHE HAD GONE ASHORE FROM HMY BRITANNIA. SHE HAD BEEN GREETED AT HMS TAMAR BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND LADY YOUDE, WHO ACCOMPANIED HER TO THE AIRPORT.
AT THE AIRPORT, THE QUEEN ALIGHTED FROM HER CAR AT THE STEPS OF THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE APRON IN FRONT OF THE TERMINAL.
THERE TO BID FAREWELL TO HER MAJESTY WERE, ORDER: THE DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL, SIR MARK HEATH, AND LADY HEATH; IN THE FOLLOWING THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN; THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, MR OSWALD CHEUNG AND MRS CHEUNG: THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR GENERAL ANTHONY BOAM, AND MRS BOAM THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND LADY AKERS-JONES THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, AND LADY ROBERTS AND THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE.