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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1985

GUESTS ON THAT OCCASION INCLUDED HER MAJESTY'S CHIEF INSPECTOR OF CONSTABULARY, SIR LAWRENCE BYFORD, COMMISSIONER OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE, SIR KENNETH NEWMAN, COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, FORMER COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR ROY HENRY AND 39 BRITAIN'S CHIEF CONSTABLES.

ANOTHER PERFORMANCE IN THE GUILDHALL SQUARE, PORTSMOUTH, ATTENDED BY THE LORD MAYOR, OTHER DIGNITARIES AND A CROWD OF 4 000 SPECTATORS WAS ACCLAIMED THE FINEST EVER HELD IN THE AREA''.

LONDONERS, TOO, HAD THEIR CHANCE TO SEE THE HONG KONG PERFORMERS WHEN THEY BROUGHT A TOUCH OF THE ORIENT TO THE CITY DURING A LUNCH TIME CONCERT ON AUGUST 1, 1985 IN FRONT OF ONE OF LONDON'S MOST FAMOUS LANDMARKS - THE WESTMINSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.

THIS PERFORMANCE, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY THE LORD MAYOR OF WESTMINSTER, THE LADY MAYORESS, AND THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON, MR COLVYN HAYE AND MRS HAYE, FORMED PART OF THE QUATER- CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER - MARKING 400 YEARS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

THE GRACEFUL AND POLISHED PERFORMANCE OF THE RIBBON AND FAN DANCERS DREW ENTHUSIASTIC ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE, WHILE A SPIRITED NORTHERN LION WITH ITS CUBS ENTHRALLED THE CROWDS AS THEY PRANCED AROUND TO THE MUSIC OF THE BAND.

THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE BAND, PLAYED CHINESE, MILITARY AND POPULAR MUSIC TO ENTERTAIN THE CROWDS. THE MACKINTOSH TARTAN WORN BY THE PIPE AND DRUM BAND ADDED TO THE COLOUR OF THE OCCASION. THE BAND WAS CONDUCTED BY ITS DIRECTOR OF MUSIC, MR COLIN WOOD.

DURING THEIR STAY IN SCOTLAND FOR THE TATTOO THE HONG KONG CONTINGENT WILL MAKE ADDITONAL APPEARANCES AT THE HIGHLAND GATHERING AT CRIEFF, THE CARLISLE GREAT FAIR, AND A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN EDINBURGH. THEY WILL ALSO MARCH THROUGH THE CITY OF GLASGOW.

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