HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1952
social engagements. The Duchess laid the foundation stones of the new Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital in Victoria and the Queen Elizabeth Recreation Centre for children in Kowloon. She visited hospitals, service clubs, and the University, accepted hospitality from various associations of local residents of all races, and attended a reception and a ball at Government House at which very many of the people of Hong Kong received the honour of being presented to Their Royal Hignesses. Meanwhile the Duke, who accompanied the Duchess to many of the principal functions, visited Service units in Hong Kong and the New Territories and saw something of their training and efficiency. His Royal Higness also inspected sections of the Central Police Control system, and visited the Hong Kong University Students' Union. Glorious autumnal weather displayed Hong Kong at its best, and the royal tour was a success from first to last. Their Royal Highnesses impressed with their graciousness and charm the thousands of people of Hong Kong who were privileged to meet them and the hundreds of thousands who could see them only at a distance, and the visit will be remembered always with gratitude and pride.
The year 1952 reflected the troubled situation in the Far East generally.
In the absence of any further progress towards the establishment of normal diplomatic relations between Her Majesty's Government and the Central People's Government, no official relations have been developed between the Government of Hong Kong and the Chinese authorities in Kwangtung. A number of minor frontier incidents occurred during the year. Fortunately none
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