XN000022-1987-03-31 — Page 2

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1987

PRESS ARRANGEMENTS FOR ARRIVAL OF SIR DAVID WILSON

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HONG KONG'S NEW GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL ARRIVE BY AIR IN HONG KONG ON THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 9. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON AND THEIR SON, MR ANDREW WILSON.

THEY WILL ARRIVE AT KAI TAK AIRPORT AT ABOUT 2.40 PM AND WILL

THEY WILL BE BE MET BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR AND LADY AKERS-JONES. ESCORTED TO THE VIP ROOM, WHERE SIR DAVID WILL CHANGE INTO UNIFORM AND LATER DEPART BY CAR.

THE PARTY WILL BOARD THE LADY MAURINE AT THE TSIM SHA TSUI EAST PROMENADE FOR A HARBOUR CROSSING TO QUEEN'S PIER. DURING THE CROSSING, THERE WILL BE AN ESCORT OF ROYAL NAVY, FIRE SERVICES AND MARINE POLICE VESSELS AND A FLYPAST OF ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, ARMY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTER.. A 17-GUN SALUTE WILL BE FIRED FROM HMS TAMAR.

ON DISEMBARKING AT EDINBURGH PLACE, THE ACTING GOVERNOR WILL PRESENT THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, THE BISHOP OF HONG KONG, AND THE IR SPOUSES, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF HONG KONG AND THE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.

SIR DAVID WILL THEN INSPECT A GUARD OF HONOUR FORMED BY THE 1ST BATTALION 2ND KING EDWARD VII'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES, FOLLOWING WHICH MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS AND THE IR SPOUSES WILL BE INTRODUCED OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY HALL.

SIR DAVID WILL ENTER THE CONCERT HALL AND, IN THE PRESENCE OF OVER 1 000 GUESTS, WILL BE SWORN IN AS HONG KONG'S 27TH GOVERNOR. WELCOME SPEECHES WILL BE MADE BY SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES AND SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG. SIR DAVID WILL MAKE A REPLY.

AFTER THE CEREMONY, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY RECEPTION FOR SIR DAVID AT THE CITY HALL RESTAURANT.

FOLLOWING THE RECEPTION, SIR DAVID WILL DOT THE EYES OF A LION OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE OF THE CITY HALL BEFORE DEPARTING FOR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, AT ITS ENTRANCE, A GUARD OF HONOUR FORMED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) WILL PRESENT ARMS AND SIR DAVID WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMPLIMENT.

MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS

THERE WILL BE PRESS POSITIONS AT KAI TAK AIRPORT, THE TSIM SHA TSUI EAST PROMENADE, IN EDINBURGH PLACE, AND INSIDE THE CITY

A PRESS BOAT WILL BE HALL FOYER, CONCERT HALL AND RESTAURANT. PROVIDED TO COVER THE CROSSING OF THE LADY MAURINE.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES