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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1986

THE ROYAL VISITORS WILL LEAVE CITY HALL VIA STATUE SQUARE, WHERE THE BAND OF THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS WILL BE ENTERTAINING THE PUBLIC. ON REACHING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING THEY WILL VISIT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND ATTEND A RECEPTION GIVEN BY UMELCO. THE QUEEN WILL UNVEIL A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE.

FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING THEY WILL PROCEED TO THE HONG KONG BANK AND ASCEND TO AN UPPER FLOOR FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF HONG KONG,

FROM THE BANK THE VISITORS WILL LEAVE FOR GOVERNMENT HOUSE FOR A FORMAL LUNCHEON ATTENDED BY JUDGES, URBAN COUNCILLORS AND OTHER DIGNITARIES. MUSIC WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE POLICE BAND.

AT THE LUNCHEON SIR S.Y. CHUNG WILL PRESENT THE QUEEN WITH A SET OF THE 14 GOLD COINS SPECIALLY MINTED EACH YEAR FOR HONG KONG SINCE THE QUEEN'S FIRST VISIT. THE FIRST COIN COMMEMORATED THE 1975 ROYAL VISIT. SINCE THEN HONG KONG HAS BROUGHT OUT A COIN AT EACH LUNAR NEW YEAR. THE COIN TO COMMEMORATE THE QUEEN'S LATEST VISIT, ALONG WITH THE ONE FOR THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT, WILL MAKE UP THE SET OF 14 PRESENTED TO THE QUEEN.

IN THE AFTERNOON THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WILL VISIT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC WHERE THEY WILL SEE AN EXHIBITION AND TOUR THE SWIRE SCHOOL OF DESIGN.

FROM THE POLYTECHNIC THE ROYAL VISITORS WILL TRAVEL TO THE CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE SITE AT HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI. THE QUEEN WILL LAY THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE CENTRE AND SHE AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WILL SEE AN EXHIBITION OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS AND MEET LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS.

IN THE EVENING, AFTER A PRIVATE DINNER ON BOARD HMY BRITANNIA, THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WILL LEAVE FOR THE COLISEUM TO WATCH A + YOUTH SPECTACULAR+ PERFORMANCE INVOLVING A CAST OF OVER 6 000 ON THE THEME OF HONG KONG'S YOUTH AND VITALITY. THEY WILL ALSO MEET SOME OF THE PERFORMERS.

THE EVENT WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON TELEVISION FROM THE TIME THAT THE ROYAL PARTY LAND AT THE TSIM SHA TSUI EAST PROMENADE,

ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY TO CELEBRATE THE VISIT, THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH HAVE SEPARATE PROGRAMMES. THE QUEEN WILL PROCEED FROM HONG KONG TO SHA TIN WHERE SHE WILL VISIT A FLAT AT A HOUSING ESTATE AND TOUR A SHOPPING COMPLEX.

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