THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1982
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DEPARTURE OF HE THE GOVERNOR,
SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE
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HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AND LADY MACLEHOSE WILL LEAVE HONG KONG BY AIR ON THE EVENING OF MAY 8 ON BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT BA20, THE GOVERNOR WILL LEAVE GOVERNMENT HOUSE BY CAR AT 7.25 PM AND PROCEED TO EDINBURGH PLACE VIA GARDEN ROAD - DES VOEUX ROAD - PEDDER STREET AND CONNAUGHT ROAD.
THERE WILL BE NO GUARD OF HONOUR BUT THE BAND OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE WILL BE PRESENT AT EDINBURGH PLACE AND WILL PLAY SIX BARS OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AS THE GOVERNOR ARRIVES.
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY MACLEHOSE WILL SAY FAREWELL TO MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS AND A FEW OTHER DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WILL THEN EMBARK ON +THE LADY MAURINE+ AT 8.05 PM. ACCOMPANYING THEM WILL BE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE AND LADY HADDON-CAVE, THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL CHAPPLE AND MRS CHAPPLE, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, MR AND MRS R.H. LOBO AND LADY KAN, SIR ALBERT AND LADY RODRIGUES AND SIR SIDNEY AND LADY GORDON ALL OF WHOM WILL BE BIDDING FAREWELL TO THE GOVERNOR AND LADY MACLEHOSE AT THE AIRPORT.
ON ARRIVAL AT KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER THE PARTY WILL PROCEED BY CAR TO HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE GOVERNOR AND LADY MACLEHOSE WILL TRAVEL ALONG SALISBURY ROAD, NEW SALISBURY ROAD, THE RAMP LEADING TO CHATHAM ROAD (EASTBOUND), THE ELEVATED ROAD TO SUNG WONG TO ROAD. OLYMPIC AVENUE TO THE AIRPORT WHERE THEY WILL ARRIVE AT ABOUT 8.30 PM.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
A SKETCH MAP OF THE ROUTE TO THE AIRPORT WILL BE ATTACHED TO A SUPPLEMENT OF THE DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN THE G.I.S. PRESS BOXES THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.
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