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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1977

PRINCESS ALEXANDRA SEES ACTIVITIES OF POLICE CADETS

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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING VISITED THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL IN FANLING AS THE HONORARY COMMANDANT OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR AND LADY MACLEHOSE, THE PRINCESS AND THE HON. ANGUS OGILVY WERE WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL BY THE

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR. BRIAN SLEVIN THE CHAIRMAN OF THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD, MR. LESLIE SUNG- THE COMMANDANT OF THE SCHOOL, MR. PATRICK BIRNEY AND THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT, MR. DENNIS CUNNINGHAM.

THE PRINCESS WENT ON A TOUR OF THE SCHOOL AND SAW SOME OF THE CADETS PRACTISING JUDO, UNARMED COMBAT AND FIRST AID AT THE FOOTBALL PITCH.

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS ALSO SAW THE CADETS DEMONSTRATING GYMNASTIC EXERCISES AT THE GYMNASIUM AND THE FOOT DRILL ON THE PARADE GROUND.

FOLLOWING A TOUR OF A CADETS DORMITORY, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS VISITED THE ELECTRONICS CLUB WHERE AN ARRAY OF ELECTRONIC GADGETS ASSEMBLED BY THE CADETS AS PART OF THEIR VOCATIONAL TRAINING WERE ON DISPLAY.

FROM THERE THE PRINCESS WENT TO THE OUTDOOR TRAINING GROUND TO SEE SOME OF THE CADETS UNDERGOING A CAMP ING TRAINING PROGRAMME.

AT THE CAMP SITE, THE PRINCESS SIGNED A SPECIAL +VISITORS BOOK+ - A LEATHER MAP OF HONG KONG ISLAND TO MARK HER VISIT THERE.

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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS ALSO VISITED THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY AND TALKED TO MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL'S ADVISORY BOARD, PARENTS OF SOME OF THE CADETS AND MEMBERS OF THE TEACHING STAFF BEFORE SHE LEFT SHORTLY BEFORE 1 P.M.

THROUGHOUT THE VISIT, THE PRINCESS STOPPED AND CHATTED AMICABLY WITH THE CADETS.

THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL NOW HAS A TOTAL OF 414 CADETS AGED BETWEEN 15-1/2 AND 17 UNDERGOING A TWO-YEAR COURSE AIMED AT PREPARING THEM FOR ENTRY TO THE POLICE FORCE OR OTHER GOVERNMENT DISCIPLINED SERVICES.

SPHERES OF TRAINING IN THE SCHOOL CONSIST OF 40 PER CENT ACADEMIC STUDIES, 40 PER CENT PHYSICAL TRAINING AND 20 PER CENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

SINCE THE SCHOOL OPENED IN 1973, IT HAS TURNED OUT ABOUT 300 REASONABLY WELL-EDUCATED AND PHYSICALLY-FIT YOUTHS. OF THESE, MORE THAN 90 PER CENT JOINED THE POLICE WHILE THE REST WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DISCIPLINED SERVICES.

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