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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987

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LIVE TV, RADIO COVERAGE OF GOVERNOR'S ARRIVAL

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THE ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TOMORROW (THURSDAY) WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ALL FOUR TV CHANNELS AND ON RADIO HONG KONG AND COMMERCIAL RADIO.

SIR DAVID, ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON AND THEIR SON ANDREW, WILL ARRIVE AT KAI TAK AIRPORT BY FLIGHT CX 710, SCHEDULED TO LAND AT 2.40 PM. THEY WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND LADY AKERS-JONES, SIR DAVID WILL TAKE A SHORT REST AND CHANGE INTO UNIFORM BEFORE LEAVING BY CAR FOR THE TSIM SHA TSU! EAST PROMENADE TO BOARD THE LADY MAURINE.

LIVE TV COVERAGE, PROVIDED BY RTHK, WILL BE TRANSMITTED FROM ABOUT 3.20 PM, FROM THE ARRIVAL OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY AT THE PROMENADE, TO THE END OF THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY IN THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL AT ABOUT 4.45 PM.

DURING THE HARBOUR CROSSING TO QUEEN'S PIER, THERE WILL BE A FLYPAST AND AN ESCORT OF VESSELS OF THE VARIOUS SERVICES, A 17- GUN SALUTE WILL BE FIRED FROM HMS TAMAR.

ON DISEMBARKING AT QUEEN'S PIER, THE ACTING GOVERNOR WILL PRESENT THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, THE BISHOPS OF HONG KONG, THE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, THE DIRECTOR OF XINHUA NEWS AGENCY AND THE DOYEN OF THE CONSULAR CORPS.

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

DURING THE 40-MINUTE CEREMONY IN THE CONCERT HALL AND IN THE PRESENCE OF OVER 1 000 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY, SIR DAVID WILL BE SWORN IN AS HONG KONG'S 27TH GOVERNOR.

THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY RECEPTION FOR SIR DAVID AT THE CITY HALL RESTAURANT AFTERWARDS, SIR DAVID WILL DOT THE EYES OF A LION AND WATCH A LION DANCE PERFORMANCE OUTSIDE THE CITY HALL BEFORE LEAVING FOR GOVERNMENT HOUSE WHERE HE WILL BE WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL BY A GUARD OF HONOUR FORMED BY THE ROYAL HK REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS).

NOTE TO EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE REMINDED THAT ONLY HOLDERS OF LAPEL BADGES ISSUED BY GIS MARKED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE VARIOUS PRESS POSITIONS WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE THESE POSITIONS.

THEY SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE ASSEMBLY PLACES NOT LATER THAN THE TIMES ANNOUNCED. FOR EASE OF REFERENCE, THE ASSEMBLY PLACES AND LATEST ARRIVAL TIMES FOR THE PRESS POSITIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

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KAI TAK AIRPORT (PRESS ROOM ON GROUND FLOOR OF TERMINAL BUILDING, 1.30 PM)

/(2) TSIM SHA