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Royal Visit

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1986

THE QUEEN VISITS A MONUMENT THAT LOOKS TO THE FUTURE

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NEVER IN ITS DISTINGUISHED HISTORY HAS THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING SEEN AN OCCASION QUITE LIKE TODAY'S WHEN THE QUEEN MADE THE FIRST VISIT BY A REIGNING MONARCH TO THE CHAMBER WHERE HONG KONG'S LAWS ARE ENACTED.

AFTER THE OFFICIAL WELCOMING CEREMONY AT CITY HALL, THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WALKED ACROSS CONNAUGHT ROAD TO STATUE SQUARE, PAUSING BRIEFLY AT THE CENOTAPH TO JOINTLY LAY A WREATH, AND THEN WENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING,

THEIR ROUTE WAS LINED BY MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG MILITARY SERVICE CORPS, AND BY CROWDS OF THOUSANDS EAGER TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THEM.

AT THE STATUE SQUARE ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING, THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILIP WERE WELCOMED BY THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, MR OSWALD CHEUNG AND THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN. A BOUQUET WAS PRESENTED TO HER MAJESTY BY MISS STELLA YEUNG LAI-SZE.

MR CHEUNG AND MISS DUNN PRESENTED THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF OMELCO, MR GORDON SIU THE CLERK OF COUNCILS, MR ALISTAIR LANG AND THE CLERK OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR LAW KAM-SANG TO THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE.

THE ROYAL VISITORS THEN WENT INTO THE ANTECHAMBER WHERE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCILS, AND THEIR HUSBANDS AND WIVES WERE PRESENTED.

ACCOMPANIED BY MISS DUNN AND MR CHEUNG HER MAJESTY AND HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS ENTERED THE COUNCIL CHAMBER WHERE THE DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, OMELCO, MRS SHELLEY LAU; THE OMELCO LEGAL ADVISER, MR JONATHAN DAW THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SENIOR CLERICAL OFFICER, MR AMBROSE CHU THE BUILDING'S SECURITY OFFICER, MR LO YUN AND THE PERSONAL SECRETARY TO THE CLERK OF COUNCILS, MISS ISABELLA LAI WERE PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL VISITORS.

/MISS DUNN