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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1985

LETTO OPENING: PLANS SET FOR MEDIA COVERAGE

HONG KONG'S NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION, WHICH BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, WILL BE OBSERVED WITH A NUMBER OF CEREMONIES INCLUDING THE HISTORICAL SHEARING-IN OF NEWLY-ELECTED AND APPOINTED MEMBERS, AND THE OPENING OF THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING, CONVERTED FROM THE OLD SUPREME COURT BUILDING. OFFICIATING AT ALL THE CEREMONIES WILL BE THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.

THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING WILL TAKE PLACE AT 4.15 PM AT THE PIAZZA BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND STATUE SQUARE.

SIR EDWARD WILL MAKE A SPEECH WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SPEECHES BY THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, AND THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN,

THE GOVERNOR WILL THEN UNVEIL A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AFTER WHICH THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL CROSS OVER TO THE PIAZZA TO UNVEIL AN EXPLANATORY PLAQUE 3GIVING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.

PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE THE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, MR TIMOTHY RENTON; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, SIR PETER BLAKER, AND LADY BLAKER: CONSERVATIVE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, SIR PAUL BRYAN, AND LADY BRYAN: AND MEMBERS AND IMMEDIATE PAST MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE OPENING OF THE BUILDING, THE ENTIRE PARTY WILL MOVE INTO THE BUILDING FOR THE OTHER CEREMONIES.

THE INDOOR CEREMONIES WILL START WITH THE SWEARING-IN OF THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT 4.40 PM AND LAST UNTIL 5 PM. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A VALEDICTORY BY THE GOVERNOR TO ALL MEMBERS WHO HAD RETIRED FROM THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE 1984-85 SESSION.

A REPLY WILL BE GIVEN BY THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER, FOLLOWING WHICH THERE WILL BE A 10-MINUTE RECESS.

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL ASSEMBLE AGAIN AT 5.20 PM FOR THE ADDRESS BY THE GOVERNOR FORMALLY OPENING THE 1985-86 SESSION.

THE ADDRESS WILL LAST UNTIL 6.30 PM.

THE OPENING CEREMONIES WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE BY RADIO AND TELEVISION.

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