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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1982

GOVERNOR'S ARRIVAL, BRIEF FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES

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PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN ASSIGNED TO COVER THE ARRIVAL AT KAI TAK OF HONG KONG'S NEW GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE AND LADY YOUDE ON THURSDAY (MAY 20) ARE ADVISED TO ASSEMBLE IN THE PRESS ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING NOT LATER THAN 2 PM ON THAT DAY.

AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, SIR EDWARD AND LADY YOUDE WILL BE MET BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE AND LADY HADDON- CAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE SIR DENYS ROBERTS, THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCÉS, MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN CHAPPLE AND MRS CHAPPLE, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, MA ROGER LOBO, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND MRS LOBO.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE AIRPORT ARE REQUESTED TO BE IN THE V.I.P. PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM BY 2.50 PM. ONLY THOSE REPRESENTATIVES ISSUED WITH LAPEL BADGES FOR THE PURPOSE WILL BE ADMITTED. ONCE THE CONFERENCE HAS STARTED, NO ONE WILL BE ALLOWED ENTRY.

THE GOVERNOR IS DUE TO ARRIVE AT KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 3.50 PM. DURING THE CROSSING TO QUEEN'S PIER SIR EDWARD WILL ACKNOWLEDGE A 17-GUN SALUTE FIRED BY H.M.S. TAMAR. THERE WILL ALSO BE A FLY PAST OF FIXED WING AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTERS AS WELL AS A DISPLAY BY THE FIREBOAT +ALEXANDER GRANTHAM+. STILL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSIGNED TO COVER THE CROSSING FROM THE PRESS BOATS ARE ADVISED TO ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE MAIN GATE OF H.M.S. TAMAR AT 3.15 PM. LATE COMERS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.

PRESS REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE ARRIVAL AT QUEEN'S PIER ARE ADVISED TO BE IN POSITION BY 3.45 PM AS THE GOVERNOR IS DUE THERE AT 4 PM. SIR EDWARD WILL RECEIVE A ROYAL SALUTE AND INSPECT THE GUARD OF HONOUR. HE WILL RETURN TO THE DAIS TO RECEIVE A SECOND ROYAL SALUTE. SOME 300 LEADING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL THEN BE INTRODUCED TO THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE. AFTER INTRODUCTION, THE GUESTS WILL MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL. GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE WILL LEAVE EDINBURGH PLACE AT 4.25 PM FOR GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

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MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY, WHICH WILL BE WITNESSED BY SOME 1 400 PEOPLE, SHOULD ASSEMBLE IN THE FOYER OF THE CITY HALL BY 4.15 PM FROM WHERE THEY WILL BE LED TO THE PRESS POSITIONS IN THE CONCERT HALL.

MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WILL BE ENTERING THE CONCERT HALL AT ABOUT 4.50 PM AND SIR EDWARD YOUDE WILL ARRIVE AT 5 PM. DURING THE CEREMONY, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WILL ADMINISTER THE THREE OATHS TO THE GOVERNOR WHO WILL SIGN AFTER TAKING THEM.

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