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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1977

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PRINCESS TAKES A LOOK AT JUNIOR POLICE CALL

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HRH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA THIS MORNING SAW, IN A SPECIAL DISPLAY PUT ON AT THE CHAI WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE BY ABOUT 250 CHILDREN, A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF THE WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES ENJOYED BY THE 180,000 MEMBERS WHO MAKE UP THE HIGHLY-SUCCESSFUL JUNIOR POLICE CALL ORGANISATION.

THE PRINCESS, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND, THE HON, ANGUS OGILVY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL PARTY SPENT ABOUT 25 MINUTES INSPECTING THE VARIOUS DISPLAYS AND MEETING AND CHATTING WITH JUNIOR POL ICE CALL MEMBERS FROM THE EASTERN, WESTERN AND KWUN TONG DIVISIONS.

ON HER ARRIVAL AT THE CENTRE, THE PRINCESS WAS MET BY

THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR. BRIAN SLEVÍN,

THE COMMISSIONER, THEN PRESENTED TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE CHIEF POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, MR, ANDREW RENNIE- THE WARDEN OF THE CHAI WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE, MR. KWAN KAM-CHUEN, AND THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER FOR EASTERN DIVISION, CHIEF INSPECTOR HARRY HUNG CHAN-YAN.

AFTER WATCHING A TRADITIONAL LION DANCE WELCOME AND A KUNG FU DEMONSTRATION STAGED BY JPC MEMBERS FROM THE EASTERN DIVISION, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, ESCORTED BY MR. RENNIE, SET OFF TO INSPECT EACH OF THE DISPLAYS.

FIRST STOP WAS A LECTURE ON ROAD SAFETY BEING GIVEN BY TWO TRAFFIC POLICEWOMEN TO A GROUP OF CHAI WAN CYCLISTS.

FROM THERE, THE ROYAL PARTY MOVED ON TO A TENT-PITCHING COMPETITION STAGED BETWEEN JPC MEMBERS FROM EASTERN AND A PHOTOGRAPHIC CLASS GIVEN BY A POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER TO KWUN TONG MEMBERS.

THE PRINCESS THEN TOOK TIME OUT TO CHAT WITH A GROUP OF EASTERN MEMBERS PRACTISING FOR A BASKETBALL MATCH AND SOME OF THE CHAI WAN SCHOOL STUDENTS CROWDING NEARBY STANDS,

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE VISIT CAME, HOWEVER, WHEN PRINCESS ALEXANDRA ENTERED THE MULTI-PURPOSE HALL ATTACHED TO THE CENTRE.

THERE HER ROYAL HIGHNESS CHATTED WITH THE WINNERS OF THE 1975 AND 1976 YOUNG PEOPLE'S HELP THE POLICE COMPETITIONS HELD BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE,

THE MEETING ENABLED THE FOUR 1975 WINNERS -- CHENG TAK-WAH, YIP KIU-SANG, NGAN MAN-WAH AND CHIU YIN-LING AND ESCORTING OFFICER, WOMAN CHIEF INSPECTOR CATHERINE ROPER (NEE CHEUNG MEI-MING) TO RENEW AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.