THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1980
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA TO VISIT HOUSING
ESTATE AND HOSPITAL TOMORROW
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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WILL SPEND TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON VISITING CHEUNG CHING ESTATE ON TSING YI İSLAND AND PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL.
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AND THE HON ANGUS OGILVY WILL TRAVEL BY CAR FROM FANLING LODGE TO TSING YI ISLAND.
UPON ARRIVAL AT CHEUNG CHING THEY WILL BE WELCOMED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR DONALD LIAO.
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL TOUR THE ESTATE, VISITING SHOPS, A FAMILY AND A NURSERY. A MODEL ON TSING YI WILL ALSO BE SHOWN TO THE PRINCESS.
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, THE PRINCESS WILL VISIT THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL BE RECEIVED ON ARRIVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, WHO WILL PRESENT SENIOR STAFF OF THE HOSPITAL TO THE PRINCESS.
DURING HER STAY THERE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WILL VISIT THE PAEDIATRIC WARD ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE HOSPITAL.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
PRESS FACILITIES
CHEUNG CHING ESTATE:
ACCREDITED PRESS REPRESENTATIVES CAN COVER THE ARRIVAL OF HRH IN POSITION 1 IN THE PODIUM. THEY WILL BE TAKEN TO POSITIONS 2 AND 3 AHEAD OF THE PRINCESS,
PLEASE NOTE THAT OFFICIAL TRANSPORT FOR PRESS REPRESENTATIVES WILL HAVE TO LEAVE 15 MINUTES EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS EXPECTED TO BE CONGESTED. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (CGO) CAR PARK AT 11 AM SHARP TOMORROW (FRIDAY) INSTEAD OF 11.15 AM.
PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL:
THERE WILL BE TWO PRESS POSITIONS - POSITION A ON THE GROUND FLOOR TO COVER HRH'S ARRIVAL AND POSITION B OUTSIDE THE PAEDIATRIC WARD. PHOTOGRAPHERS IN ONE POSITION WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE TO THE OTHER. DUE TO LIMITED SPACE OF THE PAEDIATRIC WARD, COVERAGE INSIDE THE WARD WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY GIS PHOTOGRAPHERS ON BEHALF OF ALL. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE THE CGO CAR PARK AT 2 PM TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
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