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GOODBYE, LORD WILSON

FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1992

THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON OF TILLYORN, AND HIS FAMILY SAILED ACROSS THE HARBOUR ABOARD THE "LADY MAURINE" FOR A FINAL LOOK AT HONG KONG'S BREATHTAKING NIGHT SKYLINE SHORTLY BEFORE THEY DEPARTED THE TERRITORY THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.

THE NIGHT SKYLINE THAT OFTEN GREETS VISITORS WITH A MULTITUDE OF COLOURFUL LIGHTS WAS GLITTERING AS LORD WILSON, LADY WILSON AND THEIR SONS, PETER AND ANDREW, BOARDED THE "LADY MACKINE" AFTER ENJOYING A SERIES OF SPECIAL. PERFORMANCES AT EDINBURGH PLACE.

THE "LADY MAURINE", BUILT IN 1952 AND NAMED AFTER THE WIFE OF FORMER GOVERNOR, SIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, SAILED SLOWLY ACROSS THE BUSY HARBOUR FOR KOWLOON CITY WHERE THE GOVERNOR AND HIS FAMILY WERE DRIVEN TO KAI TAK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

BADE THE

AT THE TARMAC OF THE AIRPORT, LORD WILSON AND HIS FAMILY FAREWELL TO MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THEIR SPOUSES AS BAND OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, A FAVOURITE OF THE GOVERNOR, PROVIDED BACKGROUND MUSIC.

THEY INCLUDED MR ANDREW WONG WANG-FAT AND MRS WONG; MR HUT YIN- FAT: MR EDWARD HO SING-TIN AND MRS HO: PROFESSOR WANG GƯNGWU AND MRS WANG: THE SECRETARY FOR THE HANTL SERVICE. MR BARRIE WIGONAM; MRS RITA FAN HSU LAI-TAI AND MR PAN: MR ALLEN LEE PENG-FEI AND MRS LEE; BARONESS DUNN AND MR MICHAEL THOMAS; THE

MR ATTORNEY-GENERAL, JEREMY MATHEWS AND MRS MATHEWS: THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY. MR HAMISH MACLEOD AND MRS MACLEOD; THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES. MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN FOLEY AND MRS FOLEY; AND THE CHIMI SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD LADY FORD.

AND

HK BIDS FAREWELL TO LORD WILSON

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GOVERNOR,

RECEPTION

HONG KONG THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING BADE FAREWELL TO THE LORD WILSON OF TILLYORN, AND HIS FAMILY WITH A COMMUNITY ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE AND A PERFORMANCE BY SOME 400 CHILDREN.

LORD WILSON'S FAREWELL CEREMONY BEGAN WITH AN INSPECTION OF PARADE ON THE GROUNDS OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE MADE UP OF EXTRA AND HONORARY AIDES-DE-CAMP ΤΟ THE GOVERNOR AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM BRITISH FORCES AND THE HONG KONG DISCIPLINED SERVICES.

THE GOVERNOR, LADY WILSON AND THEIR TWO SONS, PETER AND ANDREW, THEN BADE FAREWELL TO THE 55 STAFF MEMBERS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, BEFORE BOARDING THE GOVERNOR'S LIMOUSINE FOR THE COMMUNITY RECEPTION AT THE CITY HALL.

THEY WERE MET AT THE CITY HALL BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, AND LADY FORD; THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, DR RONALD LEUNG DING-BONG.

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