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THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1992
WARM WELCOME TO NEW GOVERNOR
LARGE
TSIM
IN OF PEOPLE TURNED UP
SHA TSUI THIS CROWDS
THE THE NEW GOVERNOR,
RT HON MR GREET (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON TO
PUBLIC CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, AND HIS FAMILY AS THEY ARRIVED AT KOWLOON
CRUISE ACROSS THE PIER TO BOARD THE "LADY MAURINE" FOR THE SHORT HARBOUR.
HIS AS THEY ALIGHTED FROM THE MOTORCADE AT 3.55 PM, MR PATTEN,
WARM GREETING WIFE LAVENDER AND THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS ACKNOWLEDGED THE WITH SMILES AND WAVES TO THE CROWDS.
TONY
POLICE AND
AT THE PIER, THEY WERE MET BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR
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AND THE GOVERNOR SECOND MILLER; THE
AIDE-DE-CAMP
CHIEF
THIRD AIDE-DE-CAMP MR INSPECTOR,
ROBIN TSE; AND THE DIVISIONAL OFFICER OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR SIMON TAM.
THE ROYAL
TO
OF.
AS THE "LADY MAURINE" SAILED OFF TOWARDS CENTRAL, NAVY SHIP, HMS PEACOCK, LED A FLOTILLA OF MARINE POLICE LAUNCHES
TWO FIREBOATS ESCORT
HARBOUR ; THE
LAUNCH ACROSS THE GOVERNOR'S INCLUDING THE ALEXANDER GRANTHAM PROVIDED AN ELABORATE DISPLAY WATER SPRAY.
OVERHEAD,
AIRCRAFT AND
HELICOPTERS OF THE
ROYAL HONG KONG ROYAL AIR AUXILIARY AIR FORCE (RHKAAF), THE ARMY AIR CORPS AND THE FORCE FLEW PAST IN FORMATION IN SALUTE TO MR PATTEN.
AIRCRAFT LED TURBO
THE RHKAAF TWIN-ENGINED BRITTEN NORMAN ISLANDER THE FLYPAST, FOLLOWED BY TWO BEECH SUPER KING AIR TWIN-ENGINED PROP FIXED WING AIRCRAFT AND SIX SIKORSKY HELICOPTERS, FLYING IN CLOSE FORMATION.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A FORMATION OF THREE ARMY AIR CORPS HELICOPTERS AND THREE ROYAL AIR FORCE WESSEX HELICOPTERS.
SCOUT
MAURINE"
A 17-GUN SALUTE WAS FIRED FROM HMS TAMAR AS THE "LADY APPROACHED QUEEN'S PIER WHERE A LARGE CROWD WAITED AT EDINBURGH
TO GREET THE NEW GOVERNOR.
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