WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1980
SHE STOPPED TO TALK TO SEVERAL PEOPLE. SHE ALSO STOPPED AT A STORE AND BOUGHT A PACKET OF JOSS STICKS FOR $4 FROM MRS CHOW MOON-YEE, THE STORE PROPRIETRESS.
HER NEXT STOP WAS AT THE FAMOUS KWAN TAJ TEMPLE, A POPULAR PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY DURING THE ANNUAL KWAN TAI FESTIVAL WHICH FALLS ON THE 13TH DAY OF THE FIFTH MOON IN THE LUNAR CALENDAR.
STILL THE CHILDREN SWARMED AROUND TO GET A GLIMPSE SOME CASES PICTURES OF THE ROYAL VISITOR.
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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA THEN HAD TEA WITH RURAL LEADERS IN TAI O RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE, SITUATED NEXT TO THE TEMPLE, DURING WHICH SHE WAS PRESENTED WITH A CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLL CARRYING THE WELCOMING ADDRESS BY MR YUE.
THE PRINCESS WISHED THE COMMITTEE A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND SIGNED THE VISITORS' BOOK.
AS THE PRINCESS WALKED BACK TO THE ROPE FERRY, A STOREKEEPER RUSHED FORWARD AND PRESENTED HER WITH TWO PARCELS CONTAINING A STATUE OF BUDDHA AND A PAIR OF VASES. MANY ELDERLY RESIDENTS CALLED OUT +BYE-BYE TO THE PRINCESS.
THE PRINCESS WENT BY CAR TO MUI WO WHERE A LARGE CROWD WAS PRESENT TO WATCH HER BOARD THE +LADY MAURINE+ FOR CHEUNG CHAU.
ON THE 30-MINUTE TRIP TO CHEUNG CHAU PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR AND MR AKERS-JONES.
SHE WAS MET AT CHEUNG CHAU PUBLIC PIER BY MR NICKY LO, WHO PRESENTED CHEUNG CHAU, PENG CHAU AND NORTH LAMMA RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICIALS TO HER.
LINING THE PIER TO WELCOME HER WERE CHILDREN FROM NINE LOCAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. ISLANDERS CROWDED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE PRAYA TO GET A CLOSE LOOK AT THE ROYAL VISITOR WHO WAVED AND STOPPED BRIEFLY TO TALK.
AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WALKED TO THE COUNTRY CLUB RESTAURANT TO ATTEND A CHINESE LUNCH HOSTED BY MR AKERS-JONES.
ON THE WAY SHE CALLED AT A RATTANWARE SHOP AND BOUGHT TWO BAMBOO HATS AND TWO SMALL FISH BAIT BASKETS FOR $16 AFTER MR OGILVY TRIED ONE OF THE HATS,
THE PRINCESS ALSO STOPPED BRIEFLY AT THE CHEUNG CHAU FISHER IES JOINT ASSOCIATION SCHOOL AND TALKED TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR YEUNG TSANG-TAK.
THE PRINCESS ASKED MR YEUNG ABOUT HIS SCHOOL AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A NON-PROF IT-MAKING SCHOOL WITH 500 STUDENTS.
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