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MISS DUNN GAVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, AND INVITED HER MAJESTY AND HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS TO SIGN THE TWO VISITORS' BOOKS ONE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND ONE FOR OMELCO.
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THE QUEEN THEN UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO COMMEMORATE HER VISIT AND MISS DUNN PRESENTED HER MAJESTY WITH A SOUVENIR BOOKLET GIVING THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING AND MARKING ITS RE-OPENING AS THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER IN 1985.
THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED AS THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING BY ASTON WEBB AND E.INGRESS BELL, THE ARCHITECTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FACADE OF THE QUEEN'S LONDON HOME, BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
ALTHOUGH THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING HAS BEEN DECLARED A MONUMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT, AS THE SCENE OF LEGCO DEBATES THE BUILDING IS A MONUMENT THAT HAS MUCH TO DO WITH THE SHAPING OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE.
AFTER THEIR TOUR OF THE BUILDING THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH LEFT BY THE SOUTH-WEST ENTRANCE TO BE AGAIN MET BY CROWDS CHEERING AND CLAPPING SPONTANEOUSLY AS THEY MADE THEIR WAY, ON FOOT, TO THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK HEADQUARTERS FOR THEIR NEXT VISIT IN A CROWDED FIRST MORNING'S SCHEDULE.
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