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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1986

+THEY WILL BE MET AT THE AIRPORT WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS WILL BE PRESENT, HE SAID.

FROM THE AIRPORT THE BODY OF SIR EDWARD, WOULD BE TAKEN TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE WHERE IT WOULD REPOSE UNTIL THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL.

+ON MONDAY, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IF THEY WISH, MAY GO AND PAY THE IR RESPECTS TO SIR EDWARD, SIR DAVID SAID.

ELABORATING ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS HOPED TO INVITE A WIDE REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE VARIOUS SERVICES IN HONG KONG.

THERE WILL BE A PROCESSION FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE DOWN TO ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AND, AFTER THE SERVICE, THE BODY OF SIR EDWARD WILL BE CREMATED.

SIR DAVID SAID THAT THE FCO MINISTER WITH SPECIAL

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HONG KONG, MR TIMOTHY RENTON, WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY EVENING TO ATTEND THE SERVICE. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DR DAVID WILSON, ASSISTANT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE (ASIA), FCO.

IN ANSWER TO QUERIES, SIR DAVID SAID THERE WOULD BE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SERVICE ON TUESDAY TO BE TELEVISED LIVE. IN ADDITION, SINCE SEATING IN THE CATHEDRAL WAS LIMITED, ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE MADE FOR THE SERVICE TO BE BROADCAST AND TELEVISED BY RELAY TO THE CITY HALL WHERE SEATING FOR MORE THAN A THOUSAND WOULD BE AVAILABLE.

REPLYING TO ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR DAVID SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE NO GENERAL HOLIDAY ON TUESDAY BUT THAT HE WAS CONSULTING WITH OFFICIALS ON WHETHER OR NOT TO MAKE IT A HOLIDAY FOR CHILDREN IN HONG KONG.

ATTENDANCE AT FUNERAL ***

THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES OF PERSONS AND THEIR SPOUSES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL SERVICE OF THE LATE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AT ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 9) AT 11.30 AM:

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