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Duke of York visits Staffordshire Regiment
His Royal Highness the Duke of York arrived in Hong Kong last night, for a two day visit to the 1st Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment, in his capacity as their Colonel-in-Chief.
The visit started this (Tuesday) morning, when Prince Andrew took the salute at the Staffords' annual Ferozeshah Parade, in commemoration of their main Regiment Battle Honour. During the parade the Dragon Company, of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps handed to D Company of 1 Staffords the Dragon Banner, to be carried in perpetuity in honour of the Hong Kong Chinese soldiers who served with the British Garrison. In the afternoon Prince Andrew visited C Company, at the Battalion's training camp at High Island.
Prince Andrew will, among other activities, be viewing various aspects of training on Stonecutters Island tomorrow (Wednesday).
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261 VMs depart on orderly repatriation flights
Two groups totalling 261 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam today (Tuesday) on the 87th and 88th flights under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
Most of the returnees, comprising 183 men, 41 women, 15 boys and 22 girls, are from North Vietnam. Only three of the returnees are from Central and South Vietnam.
The majority of the returnees arrived in Hong Kong this year, with the remaining in 1988, 1989, 1991 and 1995.
The two groups brought to 8,786 the total number repatriated on ORP flights since November 1991.
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