MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1980
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OPENS MTR TOMORROW
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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY IN CHATER STATION TOMORROW (TUESDAY) MORNING.
THE PRINCESS AND THE HON ANGUS OGILVY, ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE AND LADY MACLEHOSE, WILL ARRIVE AT TSIM SHA TSUI STATION AT 10.20 AM WHERE THEY WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MTR CORPORATION, MR NORMAN THOMPSON WHO WILL PRESENT TO THE PRINCESS EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE MTRC AND THEIR WIVES.
THE PARTY WILL THEN BOARD A SPECIAL TRAIN FOR CHATER STATION WHERE THE PRINCESS WILL MEET REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FIRMS INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MTR,
IN THE CHATER STATION LOBBY PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WILL BE INVITED TO UNVEIL A PLAQUE TO MARK THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE MODIFIED INITIAL SYSTEM OF MTR. AFTER THE OPENING THE PRINCESS AND MR OGILVY WILL MEET A CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AT A LARGE RECEPTION FOR ABOUT 1 500 PEOPLE.
IN THE AFTERNOON, THE PRINCESS AND MR OGILVY WILL ATTEND A LUNCHEON OF MTRC AT 1.15 PM IN THE GRAND BALLROOM OF HILTON HOTEL. AT THE END OF THE LUNCHEON, THE PRINCESS WILL GIVE A SPEECH.
THE ROYAL COUPLE'S LAST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THE DAY WILL BE A DINNER WITH THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES AND OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AT THE OFFICERS' MESS AT BRITISH FORCES HEADQUARTERS IN HMS TAMAR.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
PRESS FACILITIES
MTR OFFICIAL OPENING. TRANSPORT FOR ACCREDITED MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE EVENT AT TSIM SHA TSUI STATION WILL LEAVE THE CGO CAR PARK AT 9.30 AM SHARP TOMORROW.
NO PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED FOR COVERING THE PLAQUE- UNVEILING IN CHATER STATION. ACCREDITED MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ASSIGNED TO PRESS POSITIONS C AND D ARE REQUESTED TO MEET GIS OFFICERS ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, AT 9.45 AM SHARP TOMORROW, THE PARTY WILL THEN PROCEED ON FOOT TO CHATER STATION. FOR PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS AND TV CAMERAMEN ASSIGNED TO POSITION C TO COVER THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPECIAL TRAIN FROM TSIM SHA TSUI, THEY ARE ADVISED TO BRING THEIR TELEPHOTO-LENSES TO COVER THE ASSIGNMENT.
/LUNCHEON