ROYAL VISIT PRESS RELEASE
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Sunday, May 4, 1975
QUEEN AND DUKE'S FIRST FULL-DAY PROGRAMME
Visits, Community Luncheon, Fireworks and Race Meeting
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will spend their first
full day in Hong Kong tomorrow with a busy tour of engagements that
will give both of them plenty of opportunity to meet people from all
walks of life.
Their varied itinerary will keep them on the move from as
early as 9.30 a.. for the Duke, and 10.15 a.m. for the Queen. They
will leave Government House separately at these times to carry out
different engagements..
The itineraries include a Chinese luncheon at the City Hall,
the Queen's unveiling of a commemorative plaque in the new Hung Hom
railway terminal to mark her visit, a tour of a special "Progress
Hong Kong" exhibition
where the Royal visitors will see a whole range
of high-quality locally-made consumer products and a rare fireworks
display in the harbour soon after sunset..
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The day will end for both at 10.20 p.m. when the Queen and the
Duke return to Government House from a special race meeting at Happy
Valley in their honour.
MORNING
For the Queen, the programme starts with a drive from Govern-
ment House to Morse Park in Kowloon. She will cross the harbour via
/the tunnel,
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