FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1980
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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA TO VISIT
HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR AND COUNTRY PARK
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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WILL VISIT THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AND START A PUMP TO DRAW WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM THE $1 348 MILLION WATER SCHEME.
TOMORROW'S PROGRAMME FOR HRH ALSO INCLUDES VISITS TO A MEDICAL CENTRE, A RED CROSS MOBILE BLOOD DONOR UNIT, THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK AND A YOUTH HOSTEL.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THE PRINCESS AND THE HON ANGUS OGILVY WILL BEGIN THE DAY BY VISITING THE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE AT KAI TAK.
THE ROYAL COUPLE WILL BE MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG RED CROSS, SIR RUN RUN SHAW AND SENIOR STAFF OF THE RED CROSS TEMPORARY TRANSIT CENTRE.
THEY WILL TOUR THE MEDICAL CENTRE BEFORE LEAVING FOR CHOI HUNG ESTATE TO SEE HOW A RED CROSS MOBILE BLOOD DONOR UNIT OPERATES.
FOLLOWING THE VISIT THE PARTY WILL TRAVEL BY LAUNCH TO HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR WHERE THEY WILL DISEMBARK AT THE WEST DAM.
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL BE RECEIVED ON ARRIVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR DAVID MCDONALD AND THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR WILLIAM TUCKER. THE PRINCESS WILL START A PUMP TO DRAW WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR AND ATTEND A RECEPTION.
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS WILL THEN DRIVE THROUGH THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK, VISITING ON THE WAY THE HOI HA COUNTRY PARK MANAGEMENT CENTRE AND THE PAK SHA O YOUTH HOSTEL.
SHE WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE COUNTRY PARK MANAGEMENT CENTRE BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MR J.M. RIDDELL-SWAN AND COUNTRY PARK STAFF WHILE THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES AND STAFF OF THE YOUTH HOSTELS ASSOCIATION WILL MEET THE PRINCESS AT THE PAK SHA O YOUTH HOSTEL.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
PRESS FACILITIES
RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE: PRESS TRANSPORT FOR ACCREDITED MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WHO WISH TO COVER HRH'S VISIT TO THE KAI TAK RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE WILL LEAVE THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (CGO) CAR PARK AT 10.20 AM SHARP TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
/MOBILE BLOOD