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FOREWORD
the Queen's Warrant conferring the privilege of armorial bearings on Hong Kong. (See Frontispiece).
After a short visit to the Technical College and a helicopter flight over the harbour, Kowloon and part of the New Territories, Prince Philip crossed the harbour again to watch the second half of a football match.
His Excellency the Governor and Lady Black gave a formal dinner party at Government House in the evening. After dinner, His Royal Highness drove to the Hong Kong Stadium to see a floodlit Youth Rally.
His Royal Highness read the Second Lesson at Matins at St. John's Cathedral on Sunday morning and then drove round the Island, stopping at the fishing centre at Aberdeen and at the Sai Wan War Cemetery, where he laid a wreath.
This drive became a triumphal progress. Huge but orderly crowds, including thousands of school children enthusiastically waving their paper flags, lined the route, waving and cheering as the Royal car, with His Royal Highness' Standard fluttering from the roof passed by.
When, shortly after 4 o'clock, 'Britannia' moved slowly out of the harbour towards the open sea Hong Kong felt it was losing a new friend; one who in two short days had impressed his personality on thousands. As His Excellency the Governor said in his farewell message, the visit of His Royal Highness had indeed brought great honour and happiness to the people of Hong Kong.
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