SOMEWHERE in the bowels of the Government Secretariat a small but select group of civil servants will soon be co-opted on to a committee and endowed with an important, nay momentous, task.
There'll be no room for error in their deliberations, for the pages of history will be waiting to deliver judgment on their decision.
So what, you may wonder, is their awesome brief? On the face of it, it's quite simple. To plan a suitable event to mark the curtain being lowered on the British Empire on the evening of June 30, 1997.
According to Keeping Posted sources, it has been decreed that there must be much more pomp and circumstance to that night than merely the tearful sight of Governor Chris Patten, First Lady Lavender and their daughters (although lovely Laura can be depended on to strike a fitting fashion note to raise our spirits) taking a slow boat out of China.
The committee will need all the help it can get by way of suggestions. And Keeping Posted is happy to chip in.
In our own humble way we suggest that the committee look no further than the annual promenade concerts that take place at the stately Royal Albert Hall in London around this time of the year.
