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Tuesday, May 6, 1975

QUEEN WATCHES WATER PAGEANT AT ABERDEEN

Following their visit to Hong Kong University, the Queen and

the Duke of Edinburgh drove to the Marine Licensing Office pier at

Aberdeen. The Governor presented the Director of Home Affairs, Mr. E.P. Ho, and the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. E.H. Nichols, and their wives.

Then, the Royal party boarded the Governor's launch, "The Lady Maurine", which was dressed overall and gleaming with white paint and

highly polished brass, For the showery afternoon, the Queen put on a beige raincoat, but she had changed from her morning outfit and now wore a multi-coloured pink dress with full sleeves and a rose-coloured hat, white gloves and three ropes of pearls.

each with a team of 48-

The Lady Maurine" sailed

Escorted by two rạcing dragon boats,

rowers, a cox and a drummer to beat the time,

to the "Tai Pak," a sa-food floating restaurant, Its special red carpets and purple hangings were outshone by its own traditional, gaily painted colours. The top was shaped like a Chinese temple, and dragons' heads with electrically-lit eyes leant over the water like gargoyles.

Before boarding the "Tai Pak" the Queen took off her raincoat

as the weather had improved. Their arrival was applauded by the guests on the "Tai Pak", where the Governor presented the Chairman of the Organising Committee, Mr. K.S. Lo, who presented the other committee

members.

The Royal party