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ROYAL

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PRESS RELEASE

Friday, April 18, 1975

RECEPTION AT OCEAN TERMINAL FOR QUEEN AND DUKE

Large Representative Gathering To Attend

A large representative gathering of the Hong Kong community,

numbering 2,000, will attend a reception in honour of the Queen and the

Duke of Edinburgh, in the main concourse of the Ocean Terminal at about

noon on Tuesday, May 6,

The Queen and the Duke will walk among the guests. All will

have the opportunity of a rare close view of the Royal couple, and many

will be able to exchange a few words with them.

The Queen's presence in the main concourse will recall for some

the occasion early in March 1966, when the Queen's sister, Princess

Margaret, accompanied by her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, unveiled a

plaque there to commemorate a visit here.

Later that same March, the then Governor, Sir David Trench,

opened the Ocean Terminal, and dedicated it to the "continued expansion

of commerce, trade and travel in Hong Kong.".

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Situated at the tip of Kowloon peninsula, the 1,250 ft. terminal

has fulfilled in every way, in the last nine years, Sir David's hope. To-

day, it is known to hundreds of thousands of tourists all over the world.

The concourse itself is the frequent scene of large groups of

passengers on famous ocean-liners for example the QE2

for the first, or the umpteenth, time on Hong Kong soil.

setting foot

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