MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1980
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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA ATTENDS POLICE LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR
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CHEERS AND A SEA OF SMILING FACES GREETED HRH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AND THE HON ANGUS OGILVY TODAY (MONDAY) WHEN THEY JOINED MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE AND THEIR FAMILIES AT THEIR ANNUAL LUNAR NEW YEAR FAIR.
THE ACCENT WAS ON INFORMALITY AS THE PRINCESS MINGLED AND CHATTED WITH SOME OF THE 20 000 WHO THRONGED THE COLOURFUL FAIR GROUNDS AT THE POLICE CLUB AT KAJ TAK.
ANXIOUS ORGANISERS WHO HAD BEEN KEEPING A WARY EYE ON THE WEATHER AND NERVOUSLY CHECKING LAST MINUTE DETAILS, SEEMED TO HAVE SUFFICIENTLY REGAINED THEIR COMPOSURE WHEN THE ROYAL COUPLE ARRIVED.
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AND MR OGILVY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY POLICE COMMISSIONER, MR ROY HENRY WHO PRESENTED MR K.L. YUEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, THE VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR DAVID LOW, MRS ELAINE CHAN, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE RECEPTION SUB-COMMITTEE AND CLUB MANAGER, MR AU-YEUNG CHUN.
THE PRINCESS, WHO IS HONORARY COMMANDANT-GENERAL OF THE RHKPF, FIRST TOURED THE CLUB HOUSE WHERE SHE WATCHED LIVELY DISPLAYS OF JUDO AND TABLE TENNIS BY SOME OF THE FORCE'S FINEST SPORTING TALENTS.
OUTSIDE ON THE LAWN, SHE DOTTED THE EYES OF A LION AND A DRAGON AND RECEIVED A BOUQUET FROM NINE-YEAR-OLD LO KA-MUN, DAUGHTER OF SERGEANT LO HOK-YUEN.
SURROUNDED BY SCORES OF CHILDREN, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AND MR OGILVY TOURED THE VARIOUS GAMES STALLS OFTEN STOPPING TO WATCH AND CHAT WITH PLAYING CHILDREN.
THE ROYAL COUPLE ALSO WATCHED A CHILDREN'S TALENT SHOW.
BEFORE WINDING UP A BUSY AFTERNOON, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA MET JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS AND THE IR FAMILIES AND HAD TEA WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JUNIOR CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL AND THE JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION.
DURING THE RECEPTION, THE ROYAL COUPLE RENEWED THE IR ACQUA INTANCE WITH INSPECTOR CHENG TAK-WAH, WHOM THEY FIRST MET IN UK IN AUGUST 1975.
MR CHENG, WHO WAS THEN 17, WAS AMONG THE FOUR WINNERS IN THE +HELP THE POLICE COMPETITION+. THEIR PRIZE WAS A TRIP TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WHERE THEY MET THE ROYAL COUPLE.