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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1977

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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA VISITS CHAI WAN NEIGHBOURHOOD

POLICING UNIT *****

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WAS GIVEN A WARM WELCOME WITH SMILES, APPLAUSE AND WAVING HANDS BY SCHOOL CHILDREN AND RESIDENTS IN HING WAH ESTATE, CHAI WAN WHEN SHE VISITED THE NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING UNIT THERE THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.

MORE THAN 1,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN LINED THE PAVEMENTS OF THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE ESTATE TO GREET HER ROYAL HIGHNESS WHILE SEVERAL THOUSAND RESIDENTS TOOK UP VANTAGE POINTS ON THE ELEVATED WALKWAY ABOVE THE ROAD TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE PRINCESS.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THE PRINCESS AND THE HON. ANGUS OGILVY WERE GREETED ON ARRIVAL BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR. BRIAN SLEVIN AND THE DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER, HONG KONG ISLAND, MR. PAUL GRACE.

THE PRINCESS THEN WENT INTO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING UNIT'S OFFICE TO SIGN A VISITORS BOOK AND TALK TO POLICE OFFICERS ON DUTY THERE.

OUTSIDE THE NPU'S OFFICE, THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (HONG KONG), MR. MICHAEL LEUNG, AND THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (EASTERN), MRS. MABEL HAYES, PRESENTED TO THE PRINCESS THE CHAIRMAN AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE HING WAH ESTATE (STAGE 11) MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE.

FOLLOWING A TALK WITH THE MAC MEMBERS, THE PRINCESS VISITED

A BAKERY SHOP. SHE BOUGHT A RAISIN BUN FOR $1.

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS ALSO WENT INTO A GRILLED MEAT SHOP AND PROVISIONS STORE TO TALK TO SHOP OPERATORS.

THE PRINCESS PAUSED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO CHAT WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN LINING THE ROAD TO WELCOME HER AND TO WAVE TO RESIDENTS ON THE ELEVATED WALKWAY.

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS ALSO MET CHAIRMEN AND MEMBERS OF OTHER MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN THE CHAI WAN DISTRICT AND SPOKE TO SOME OF THEM BEFORE SHE LEFT FOR THE CHAI WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE SHORTLY AFTER 11 A.M.

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