PRESS RELEASE
Royal Visit.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1986
SIMPLE CEREMONY AT CENOTAPH
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THERE WAS A MOMENT OF QUIET REFLECTION AMID THE COLOUR AND JUBILATION OF THE QUEEN'S ARRIVAL WHEN, IN A SHORT BUT MOVING CEREMONY, HER MAJESTY AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH LAID A WREATH AT THE CENOTAPH IN HONOUR OF HONG KONG'S WAR DEAD.
THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILIP WALKED FROM THE OFFICIAL WELCOMING CEREMONY IN CITY HALL ACROSS CONNAUGHT ROAD ALONG A ROUTE LINED BY MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG MILITARY SERVICE CORPS.
AT THE CENOTAPH, WATCHED BY HONG KONG EX-SERVICEMEN FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR DRAWN UP ON THE SURROUNDING LAWN, THEY MOUNTED THE STEPS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MONUMENT AND JOINTLY LAID THE WREATH.
AFTER LAYING THE WREATH, THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILIP WALKED OVER TO TALK TO SOME OF THE HONG KONG EX-SERVICEMEN.
AND AS THE QUEEN WALKED ACROSS CHATER ROAD TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, SHE WAS GREETED WITH MORE CLAPPING AND CHEERING, AND WAS PRESENTED WITH FLOWERS BY SOME OF THE SPECTATORS,
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