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AS THE FIRST SIX BARS OF*THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS STRUCK UP BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE BAND, SIR DAVID STEPPED ONTO THE DAIS TO TAKE THE SALUTE. HE THEN INSPECTED THE GUARD OF HONOUR FORMED BY THE 1ST BATTALION 2ND KING EDWARD VI'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES.
SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON WERE THEN INTRODUCED TO MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS AND THEIR SPOUSES BEFORE HE PROCEEDED INTO THE CONCERT HALL WHERE THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY TOOK PLACE...
TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF FANFARE PLAYED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE BAND, SIR DAVID ENTERED THE HALL PACKED WITH LOCAL DIGNITARIES INVITED TO WITNESS. THE MEMORABLE OCCASION.
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099THE CEREMONY BEGAN WITH A BRIEF EXPLANATION BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, OF THE PURPOSE OF THE CEREMONY. 'THE 'CLERK OF COUNCILS, MR ALISTAIR LANG, THEN READ THE COMMISSION BEFORE SIR DENYS INVITED SIR DAVID TO TAKE AND SIGN THE THREE, OATHS THE, OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, THE OFFICIAL OATH AND THE JUDICIAL OATH.
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AFTER THE OATHS, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES AND SIR S.Y. CHUNG READ THEIR WELCOMING SPEECHES BEFORE SIR DAVID REPLIED.
THE GOVERNOR AND HIS FAMILY THEN SPENT THE NEXT HOUR MEETING ABOUT 800 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY AT A RECEPTION HELD AT THE CITY HALL RESTAURANT.
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WHEN SIR DAVID STEPPED OUTSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE CITY HALL AGAIN, HE DOTTED THE EYES OF A LION WHICH IMMEDIATELY SPRUNG TO LIFE AND PERFORMED A TRADITIONAL DANCE.
ALMOST TWO HOURS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG, SIR DAVID AND HIS FAMILY THEN DROVE TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE WHERE THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) PRESENTED ARMS.
BEFORE SIR DAVUD STEPPED INSIDE, HEN ACKNOWLEDŻI THAT 'CULMINATED HONG KONG'S WARM WELCOME TO HIM,
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THE GOVERNORIOBIR DAVID WILSON; WILL FIND, NO LACK OF RESOLUTION AND INGENUITY HONG KONG TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES AND TO CONTINUE PROGRESS
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SPEAKING AT THE NEW GOVERNOR'S SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AT THE CITY HALL TODAY (THURSDAY) SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID HONG KONG HAD BECOME A MORE COMPLICATED PLACE SINCE SIR DAVID WILSON WAS LAST HERE, BUT THE CHANGE HAD BEEN MATCHED BY A GROWTH IN ITS ABILITY TO FACE UP, TO MATTERS OF INCREASING COMPLEXITY.
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