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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1977

PRINCESS ALEXANDRA VISITS CHINESE PORCELAIN EXHIBITION

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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA THIS MORNING VISITED THE CHINESE PORCELAIN EXHIBITION WHICH IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE MIN CHIU SOCIETY AT THE CITY HALL.

THE PRINCESS AND THE HON. ANGUS OGILVY WERE WELCOMED AT THE LOBBY OF THE CITY HALL HIGH BLOCK BY THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, DR. THE HON. HENRY HU THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MUSEUMS SELECT COMMITTÉE, THE HON, HILTON CHEONG-LEEN AND THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR. BRIAN WILSON.

THERE WAS A CROWD GATHERING AROUND THE LOBBY TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE PRINCESS WHO WAVED WARMLY TO THEM.

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS AND THE WELCOMING PARTY ASCENDED BY LIFT TO THE MUSEUM OF ART ON THE 10TH FLOOR WHERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MIN CHIU SOCIETY, MR. QUINCY CHUANG AND THE CITY HALL MUSEUM CURATOR, MR. LAURENCE TAM, WERE AWAITING TO GREET THE PRINCESS.

THE PRINCESS THEN WENT INTO THE MUSEUM TO SEE THE 157 ITEMS OF MONO-CHROME PORCELAIN OF THE MING AND THE CHING DYNASTIES ON DISPLAY, RANGING FROM HUGE VASES TO TINY SAUCERS SELECTED FROM COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM OF ART, MEMBERS OF THE MIN CHIU SOCIETY, MUSEUMS OF THE TWO LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS.

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS SHOWED PARTICULAR INTEREST IN A SET OF VIOLET-COLOURED PEONY FLOWER WATERDROPPERS AND A HUGE ROBIN'S EGG VASE GLAZED IN BLUE.

AT THE END OF THE 30-MINUTE VISIT, THE PRINCESS WAS PRESENTED A BOOK DESCRIBING THE EXHIBITS BY MR. HENRY HU.

THE PRODUCTION OF THE MONO-CHROME PORCELAIN WAS ONE OF THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS OF CERAMIC ART DURING THE MING AND THE CHING DYNASTIES. THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

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