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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1977

PRINCESS SEES CHINESE POT PLANTS

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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA PAID A VISIT TO A FLOWER FARM IN FAN LING TODAY AND HAD A CLOSE LOOK OF SOME OF THE BLOSSOMS AND POT PLANTS WHICH WILL DECORATE MANY HONG KONG HOMES IN THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

THE PRINCESS AND THE HON. ANGUS OGILVY, ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR AND LADY MACLEHOSE, HAD A TOUR OF CHEUNG KEE GARDEN WHERE THEY WERE SHOWN HOW PEACH SAPLINGS AND NARCISSUS BULBS WERE CAREFULLY NURTURED TO WITHSTAND FROSTY WEATHER AND TO BLOOM FORTH IN TIME FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

THE ROYAL COUPLE ALSO SAW ROWS OF TANGERINE AS WELL AS OTHER FLOWERS WHICH THE CHINESE BELIEVE WOULD BRING PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS FOR THE NEW YEAR.

BEFORE THE VISIT CAME TO AN END, THE PRINCESS WAS PRESENTED BY THE OWNER OF THE GARDEN WITH A POT OF FLOWERING ORNAMENTAL PEACH A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK AND GREAT EXPECTATION FOR THE COMING YEAR.

FIRST ROYAL VISITOR FOR OCEAN PARK

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF HRH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA'S PROGRAMME FOR TOMORROW (SATURDAY):

11.20 A.M.

7 P.M.

VISIT TO OCEAN PARK, WONG CHUK HANG. (TRANSPORT FOR ACCREDITED PRESS REPRESENTATIVES WILL LEAVE THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES CARPARK AT 9.30 A.M. SHARP. PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT THE PRESS PARTY AT POSITION "C" WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN THE PARTIES AT POSITIONS A AND B).

ATTEND A FOLK FESTIVAL AT TSZ WAN SHAN PLAYGROUND. (TRANSPORT FOR ACCREDITED PRESS REPRESENTATIVES WILL LEAVE THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES CARPARK AT 5.30 P.M. SHARP).

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