XN000022-1980-02-08 — Page 2

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1980

ESTATE TENANTS PLAY HOST TO THE PRINCESS

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THE LEE FAMILY OF CHING KWAI HOUSE, CHEUNG CHING ESTATE, TODAY (FRIDAY) PLAYED HOST TO PRINCESS ALEXANDRA.

+WE NEVER IMAGINED THE PRINCESS WOULD EVER VISIT OUR HUMBLE HOME,+ SAID MR LEE YUK-SHAN, THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY WHO RUNS AN EMBROIDERY SHOP AT NGAU TAŬ KOK.

AT THE LEE'S HOME, THE PRINCESS COMPLIMENTED THE FAMILY ON THE IR +NICE AND BRIGHT+ FLAT.

THE PRINCESS INSPECTED THE BEDROOM, THE KITCHEN AND THE BATHROOM AND ASKED MR LEE WHAT HE THOUGHT OF THE FLAT.

+IT'S MUCH MUCH BETTER THAN OUR OLD ROOM AT LI CHENG UK ESTATE, HE SAID.

THE PRINCESS AND MR OGILVY ALSO INSPECTED THE BALCONY OF THE FLAT AND THOUGHT THAT THE MINI-ROCKERY THERE WAS +QUITE CHARMING+.

MR AND MRS LEE HAVE SIX DAUGHTERS AND ONE SON AND MOVED TO CHEUNG CHING MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO UNDER THE RELIEF-OF- OVERCROWD ING SCHEME FROM THE IR FORMER ROOM AT LI CHENG UK ESTATE.

LATER THE ROYAL VISITOR WENT TO THE NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN MISSIONS' NURSERY AT THE ESTATE WHERE MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN AGED TWO TO FIVE ARE CARED FOR NINE HOURS A DAY WHILE THE IR PARENTS ARE AT WORK.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MISSION, THE REV MAGNE VISTNES, THE SUPERVISOR, MISS YU WAH-CHUN AND THE CO-ORDINATOR, MISS NORUNN STEINSCIK, WERE PRESENTED TO THE PRINCESS BEFORE SHE WALKED THROUGH THE WELL EQUIPPED AND COLOURFUL NURSERY.

AT THE NURSERY, MR OGILVY SAMPLED THE HOT LUNCH THAT WAS JUST BEING SERVED TO THE CHILDREN, DELICIOUS, HE SAID, THE MEAL CONSISTED OF LUNCHEON MEAT, SCRAMBLED EGG AND PEAS.

AT THE WUI CHUN YUEN MEDICINE SHOP, THE PRINCESS WAS HIGHLY INTERESTED IN THE VARIOUS CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES ON DISPLAY. SHE BOUGHT A PACKET OF KOREAN GINSENG TEA AND MR OGILVY - WITH A SMILE - PAID THE PURCHASE PRICE $27.

ON ARRIVAL AT CHEUNG CHING ESTATE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WAS MET BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR DONALD LIAO, WHO ESCORTED HER ROUND WITH THE HOUSING MANAGER, MR ANTHONY CHUNG CHUN-CHIU.

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