SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1984
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A ROYAL MESSAGE FOR SIX GIRLS ******
THE SIX WINNERS OF THE 1933/34 HELP THE POLICE FIGHT YOUTH CRIME COMPETITION WERE SURPRISED BUT MORE THAN HAPPY TO RECEIVE
A MESSAGE FROM HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE MESSAGE WAS PASSED ON TO THE SIX GIRLS BY THE COMMISSION ER OF POLICE, MR ROY HENRY, WHO WAS HOSTING A LUNCH FOR THE WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP OF THE COMPETITION.
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THE MESSAGE READS, AS HONORARY COMMAN DANT-GENERAL OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU ON WINNING THE 1983/84 FIGHT YOUTH CRIME COMPETITION AND TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY AND INTERESTING TOUR OF HOLLAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. WELL DONE."
THE COMMISSIONER ALSO TOLD THE WINNERS THAT HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WOULD HAVE BEEN DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE THEM DURING THEIR VISIT TO LONDON BUT SHE AND HER FAMILY WOULD BE AWAY A FEW DAYS BEFORE THEIR ARRIVAL THERE.
THE SIX GIRLS ARE MARIAN KOA (17), DAPHNE LO (17), BETTY LAW (16), CARMEN MAK (14), IRENE LEUNG (16) AND SABRINA SIN (17).
THEY WILL LEAVE NEXT WEDNESDAY (JULY 25) FOR A 22-DAY VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. ESCORTING THEM ON THE TRIP WILL BE SUPERINTENDENT TSE CHAN-FAI AND WOMAN CHIEF INSPECTOR PATSY KWONG. THE SIX RUNNERS-UP WILL BE GOING TO THAILAND FOR A WEEK IN AUGUST.
GUESTS ATTENDING TODAY'S LUNCH INCLUDED MR CHARLES VAN STRATEN, DUTCH CONSUL-GENERAL; MR LARRY GEYSEL, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES, WHICH IS SPONSORING THE COMPETITION.
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