WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1980
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THE PRINCESS THEN WENT TO THE LIBRARY AND CHATTED WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE THERE. IN ADDITION TO SOME 10 000 BOOKS, THE LIBRARY HAS 500 SHORT 16 MM FILMS RANGING FROM BALLET TO NUCLEAR PHYSICS. THE FILMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR LOAN TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES FREE OF CHARGE.
SHE WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE COUNCIL'S ACTIVITIES IN PROMOTING CULTURAL AND ARTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE ARTS CENTRE.
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA ENDS VISIT ****
HRH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AND THE HON ANGUS OGILVY LEFT HONG KONG FOR LONDON BY AIR AT 9.36 PM TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) AFTER A NINE-DAY VISIT HERE.
THE ROYAL COUPLE WERE SEEN OFF BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE AND LADY MACLEHOSE.
ALSO AT THE AIRPORT TO SAY FAREWELL TO THE PRINCESS WERE MR ANGUS STEVENSON-HAMILTON, THE GOVERNOR'S. ATDE-DE-CAMP SIR DENYS ROBERTS, THE CHIEF JUSTICE= SIR JACK CATER, THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND LADY CATER MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ROY REDGRAVE, THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES AND LADY REDGRAVE- SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL- MR OSWALD CHEUNG, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND MRS CHEUNG- MR ROY HENRY, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, AND SIR JOHN CURLE, DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL AND LADY CURLE.
BOTH THE PRINCESS AND THE HON ANGUS OGILVY ALSO THANKED THE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR COVERAGE OF THEIR VISIT TO HONG KONG BEFORE THEY BOARDED THE PLANE.
THE ROYAL COUPLE LEFT HONG KONG BY FLIGHT BA 018.
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