PRESS RELEASE
Royal Visit.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1986
FULL AND BUSY PROGRAMME FOR ROYAL VISIT
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A FULL AND BUSY PROGRAMME FOR THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WILL ENSURE THAT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THE ROYAL COUPLE DURING THEIR VISIT FROM OCTOBER 21 TO 23.
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+THE PROGRAMME WILL COVER MANY ASPECTS OF HONG KONG LIFE, FROM SPORT TO CEREMONIAL, FROM INDUSTRY TO ENTERTAINMENT AND THERE WILL BE A STRONG ACCENT ON YOUTH, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON BOARD THE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA AT 9 AM ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, AFTER A STATE VISIT TO CHINA. AS HMY BRITANNIA ENTERS VICTORIA HARBOUR THROUGH LYEMUN GAP SHE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE, AND WILL BE GREETED BY BOATS FROM THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ROYAL HONG KONG YACHT CLUB AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS. A 21-GUN SALUTE WILL BE FIRED FROM HMS TAMAR AS HMY BRITANNIA APPROACHES CENTRAL DISTRICT.
AS THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE DISEMBARK FROM BRITANNIA THERE WILL BE A FLYPAST OF HELICOPTERS FROM THE RAF. THE ARMY AIR CORPS AND THE RHKAAF. THE ROYAL VISITORS WILL LAND AT QUEEN'S PIER WHERE THEY WILL BE GREETED BY THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE, FOLLOWED BY SENIOR LOCAL DIGNITARIES.
THE QUEEN WILL INSPECT A GUARD OF HONOUR, MOUNTED BY THE 6TH QUEEN ELIZABETH'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES, AND MUSIC WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE BAND OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND THE PIPES AND DRUMS OF THE 6TH QEO GURKHA RIFLES.
REPRESENTATIVES OF UNIFORMED YOUTH ORGANISATIONS WILL LINE THE FOYER AS THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE ENTER CITY HALL TO BE GREETED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR GERRY FORSGATE, AND THE VICE-CHAIRMAN, MRS ELSIE TU.
IN THE CONCERT HALL, WHERE MUSIC WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE BAND OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT, THE GOVERNOR AND SIR S.Y. CHUNG WILL MAKE SPEECHES OF WELCOME TO WHICH THE QUEEN WILL REPLY.
/THE ROYAL
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