hoped would be the first sight of ‘Britannia' by anyone in Hong Kong. Alas, the fog we had feared was so dense that even the surface of the sea was invisible from the lighthouse and after ten minutes, during which the doleful groan of the foghorn punctuated the broadcasts, both commentators handed over to their opposite numbers on H.M.S. 'Darsham' and, as they did so, the fog lifted and ‘Britannia' could be seen quite clearly steaming up the Tathong Channel. Commentaries continued as she passed into the harbour and the twenty-one gun salute was fired until, dead on time, at 1.15 p.m. ‘Britannia' was secured to Al Buoy.
13. The arrival of H.R.H. the Prince Philip at Queen's Pier at 2 p.in. was described from two separate commentary points. The com- mentator on the seaward side describing the arrival of the Royal Barge at the Pier, and as His Royal Highness came through the Entrance to inspect the Guard of Honour, his progress and later departure by Royal Car amidst the cheering crowd, was described by a commentator on the south side.
14. At 4 p.m. New Territories representatives presented an Address of Welcome to His Royal Highness at Government House, which was recorded and broadcast later in the afternoon by the Chinese Service.
15. At 7 o'clock His Royal Highness spoke to the people of the Colony over all sound and television networks and Radio Hong Kong's Chinese Service broadcast a translation of his speech immediately afterwards.
16. At the Ying King Restaurant speeches were broadcast by His Royal Highness and Sir Tsun Nin CHAU when the Chinese community entertained His Royal Highness at dinner. Special arrangements at the Ying King included the provision of a commentators' booth with a specially constructed glass panel to afford full view of the Royal Party.
17. On Saturday, commentaries at the Review of the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Hong Kong Defence Force at Kai Tak were recorded and broadcast in edited form at lunchtime.
18. Speeches by His Excellency the Governor and His Royal High- ness at the laying of the foundation stone of the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kowloon were broadcast live in the afternoon, as were commentaries on the Combined Chinese V. Non-Chinese football match at the S.C.A.A. ground.
19. By its nature, the most difficult event to broadcast was the Youth Rally held on Saturday evening at the Government Stadium.
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