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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1980
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA VISITS BLOOD DONOR UNIT
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KRH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA TODAY (SATURDAY) COMPLIMENTED THE HONG KONG RED CROSS FOR THEIR VALUABLE WORK.
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, WHO IS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH RED CROSS, WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THAT BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WERE COMING FORWARD TO DONATE BLOOD DURING A VISIT TO THE RED CROSS MOBILE BLOOD DONOR UNIT AT CHOI HUNG ESTATE TODAY.
THE PRINCESS AND THE HON ANGUS OGILVY, ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WERE WELCOMED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG RED CROSS, SIR RUN RUN SHAW.
SIR RUN RUN THEN PRESENTED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION MANAGEMENT BOARD, MR T.C. CHENG- THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE, DR SUSAN LEONG, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE BLOOD COLLECTION SERVICE, MÁS RUTH FRASER, TO THE ROYAL COUPLE.
CHOI HUNG ESTATE RESIDENTS PACKED EVERY VANTAGE POINT INCLUDING BALCONIES, WINDOWS AND STAIRCASE LANDING AND HOUSEWIVES INTERRUPTED THEIR MID-DAY SHOPPING AT THE NEARBY MARKET TO WATCH THE ROYAL VISITORS.
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA ACKNOWLEDGED THE IR WELCOME WITH HER
WELL-KNOWN WARM SMILE AND A FRIENDLY WAVE.
AFTER THE PRESENTATION, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS ENTERED THE MOBILE UNIT, A BRIGHTLY DECORATED BUS, TO SEE HOW THE SELF-CONTAINED +COLLECTION CENTRE+ OPERATES.
THE MOBILE BLOOD DONOR UNIT, WHICH WAS RECENTLY GIVEN A FACE-LIFT, HAS A RECEPTION AREA, AN ASSESSMENT AREA, A REFRESHMENT AREA AND WASHROOM FACILITIES. THE OUTSIDE IS ATTRACTIVELY DECORATED WHILE THE INTERIOR DECORATION GIVES A COSY AND COMFORTABLE FEELING TO CALLERS.
DURING HER VISIT, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA SAW A PROSPECTIVE DONOR HAVING HIS BLOOD SAMPLE TESTED TO DETERMINE SUITABILITY FOR BLOOD DONATION.
SHE ALSO CHATTED WITH THREE OTHER DONORS ON THE BUS, ASK ING THEM HOW THEY FELT.
THE PRINCESS WAS INFORMED THAT THE BUS VISITS VARIOUS PLACES ALL OVER HONG KONG SO THAT BLOOD DONATION IS MADE AS CONVENIENT AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. SO FAR, THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING, PARTICULARLY IN THE FACTORY AREAS.
LAST YEAR. MORE THAN SEVEN PER CENT OF THE 85 000 UNITS OF BLOOD COLLECTED CAME FROM THE MOBILE UNIT.
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