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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1986

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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA BEGINS SIX-DAY VISIT

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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND THE HON ANGUS OGILVY, ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) FOR A SIX-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT.

THE ROYAL COUPLE FLEW IN FROM THAILAND AND WERE MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND LADY YOUDE.

ALSO IN THE WELCOMING PARTY WERE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR ALAN HUGGINS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR GENERAL ANTHONY BOAM, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN, THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF THAILAND, MR LIKASIT PANSOMCHIT AND MRS PANSOMCHIT, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR R.H. ANNING.

FROM THE AIRPORT THE ROYAL COUPLE DROVE WITH THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE WHERE THEY WILL BE STAYING.

THE PRINCESS IS MAKING THE VISIT IN HER CAPACITY OF HONORARY COMMANDANT-GENERAL OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND WILL BE TAKING PART IN A NUMBER OF POLICE FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING THE COMMISSIONING OF THREE LAUNCHES AT JOSS HOUSE BAY TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

HER SCHEDULE ALSO INCLUDES A LUNCH WITH UMELCO

MEMBERS ON FRIDAY AND VISITS TO THE RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION BRADBURY CENTRE AT KING'S PARK AND THE JOHN F. KENNEDY RED CROSS CENTRE AT SANDY BAY ON SATURDAY.

BEFORE LEAVING ON MONDAY EVENING, THE PRINCESS WILL PRESENT SOUVENIRS TO THE CREW OF HMS PEACOCK, A PATROL CRAFT WHICH SHE HAD NAMED IN 1984.

YUEN LONG BOARD TO DISCUSS BILLIARDS ISSUE

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SUGGESTED MEASURES FOR CONTROLLING BILLIARD ESTABLISHMENTS WILL BE DISCUSSED BY THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD AT ITS FIRST MEETING FOR THE 1986-87 SESSION TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (HEADQUARTERS DIVISION) OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR GEOFFREY ORR, WILL BRIEF MEMBERS ON A CONSULTATION PAPER WHICH CONTAINS THE CONTROL MEASURES. THE PAPER WAS DRAWN UP FOLLOWING A RAPID GROWTH IN BILLIARD ESTABLISHMENTS UNDER THE NAME OF PRIVATE CLUBS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. THIS RESULTED IN AN INEQUITABLE SITUATION WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC BILLIARD SALOONS.

/AT PRESENT,