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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1775

SOUVENIR BOOK COMMEMORATES ROYAL VISIT

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FOND MEMORIES OF THE ROYAL VISIT ARE REKINDLED IN A NEW BOOK, +THE QUEEN IN HONG KONG, WHICH GOES ON SALE TOMORROW (MONDAY).

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THE 50-PAGE BOOK CONTAINS A CAREFULLY-SELECTED RANGE CF 75 PHOTOGRAPHS, MOST OF THEM FULL COLOUR, WHICH CAPTURE VIVIDLY THE WARNTIL WITH WHICH THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG GREETED THE QUEEN AND HER HUSBAND, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, ON THEIR VISIT IN MAY THIS YEAR.

THE BOOK COSTS $10 AND IS PUBLISHED IN A COMBINED ENGLISH AND CHINESE VERSION. IT CAN BE BOUGHT FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, AT STAR FERRY CONCOURSE, AND LEADING BOOKSHOPS.

THE PICTURES IN THE BOOK RETRACE THE PACKED PROGRAMME OF EVENTS WHICH TOOK THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OUT AND ABOUT AMONG PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

WHATEVER THE OCCASION, THE ROYAL VISITORS DISPLAYED A CHARMING INFORMALITY WHICH ENDEARED THEI TO ALL THEY HET, AND IT IS THIS INSTANT RAPPORT, CAPTURED ON CAMERA, WHICH THE BOOK HIGHLIGHTS, A FOREWORD TO THE BOOK RECALLS THE QUEEN'S OWN IMPRESSIONS OF HER STAY

+1 FELT THE VARMTH AND VIGOUR OF HONG KONG'S LIFE,+ SHE SAID.

+THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE PRODUCED MODERN HONG KONG ARE UNIQUE AND THERE CANNOT LE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY QUITE LIKE IT. FEW OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD GREATER PROBLEMS TO DEAL WITH OR HAVE CONFRONTED THEM WITH GREATER VIGOUR, OR HAVE SURVIVED AND IMPROVED THE LIFE OF THEIR MEMLERS AGAINST GREATER ODDS.+

THE BOOK WILL SERVE AS A PERMANENT SOUVENIR OF THE HISTORIC VISIT, AN OCCASION MADE ALL THE MORE MEMORABLE IY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A REIGNING DRITISH MONARCH HAD SET FOOT ON HONG KONG SOIL.

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