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FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1977

OCEAN PARK TO HAVE FIRST ROYAL VISITOR

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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WILL PAY A VISIT TO THE RECENTLY OPENED OCEAN PARK ON SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 5), ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE.

DURING HER TOUR OF THE OCEANARIUM, HONG KONG'S NEWEST NON-PROFIT MAKING RECREATIONAL AMENITY AND TOURIST ATTRACTION, THE PRINCESS WILL BE SURROUNDED BY SOME 5,000 CHILDREN.

THE CHILDREN WILL BE FROM 55 SCHOOLS IN ABERDEEN AND WAH FU AND FROM INSTITUTIONS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.

THE PRINCESS IS NO STRANGER TO HONG KONG AS HER ROYAL HIGHNESS IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH A NUMBER OF CHARITABLE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WHICH ALSO BEAR HER NAME.

TO NAME A FEW, THEY ARE THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA RED CROSS REHABILITATION SCHOOL FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED IN KWUN TONG AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TSUEN WAN. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS IS ALSO THE PATRON OF THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY AND OF THE JUNIOR RED CROSS.

ON HER ARRIVAL AT THE PARK, THE PRINCESS WILL TAKE A CABLE- CAR RIDE TO THE HEADLAND.

WHILE AT THE HEADLAND, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WILL WATCH PERFORMANCES BY MARINE MAMMALS SUCH AS SEA LIONS AND DOLPHINS AT THE PARK'S OCEAN THEATRE.

THE OCEAN PARK, COSTING $150 MILLION TO BUILD, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR EARLIER THIS MONTH (JANUARY 10).

SIR MURRAY DESCRIBED THE PROJECT BUILT BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AS +A GREAT AND IMAGINATIVE VENTURE+.