On This DayQueen Elizabeth visits Hong Kong for the last time in 1986 – from the SCMP archive
On this day 40 years ago, Queen Elizabeth reassured Hongkongers of their future on her second and final visit to the city
This article was first published on October 22, 1986.
‘Our thoughts will always be with you’: Queen confident on HK future
Hongkong gave Queen Elizabeth a warm and enthusiastic reception yesterday (October 21, 1986) when she arrived for her long-awaited visit.
And in return she gave the people a message of confidence in the future.
Fresh from her triumphant tour of the mainland, the Queen told a welcoming ceremony in City Hall that the Sino-British agreement over Hongkong’s future had made possible her trip to China, the first by a British sovereign.
