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الحرة

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1986

+BUT LIFE IN THE RICE GODOWN OF THE ORIGINAL OFFICERS' MESS IS THE STUFF OF WHICH FOND MEMORIES WERE MADE, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT, IN THE YEAR TO COME, AN OCCASION LIKE THIS EVENING WILL BE REFLECTED ON WITH THE SAME RECOLLECTION AND AFFECTION, MR MULLINS SAID.

THE COMMANDANT CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT, WITH A VIEW TO SECURING THE MEMORIES OF TOMORROW, A PHOTOGRAPH WHICH MESS MEMBERS HAD REQUESTED AND WHICH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HAD KINDLY SIGNED IN LONDON, WAS HUNG IN THE SCHOOL ANTE ROOM TO MARK THE OCCASION AND HE INVITED HER TO VIEW THIS AFTER DINNER.

PRINCESS VISITS RED CROSS CENTRES *****

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA TODAY (SATURDAY) SAW FOR HERSELF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF THE RED CROSS IN HONG KONG.

PRINCESS

ACCOMPANIED BY LADY YOUDE, WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR, ALEXANDRA VISITED TWO RED CROSS CENTRES, AND LATER MÉT RED CROSS MEMBERS AT A LUNCHEON HELD AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES.

THE PRINCESS FIRST VISITED THE RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION BRADBURY CENTRE AT KING'S PARK, AND THEN WENT TO THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTRE AT SANDY BAY.

AT THE BRADBURY CENTRE, SHE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE RED CROSS BRANCH COMMITTEE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE MANAGEMENT BOARD (BTSMB), DR T.C. CHENG.

DR CHENG INTRODUCED HER TO THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, WHO IS BTSMB VICE-CHAIRMAN: THE BTSMB HONORARY TREASURER, MR KENNETH DEAYTON: THE DIRECTOR OF THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE, DR SUSAN LEONG: THE BTSMB SECRETARY AND MANAGER OF THE BLOOD COLLECTION DIVISION, MRS RUTH FRASER AND THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE, MR PETER LEUNG.

FOLLOWING THIS, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA TOURED THE CENTRE

SHE SAW MEMBERS OF THE STAFF GOING ACCOMPANIED BY DR LEONG. ABOUT THE IR WORK, AND ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THEM.

BEFORE LEAVING THE CENTRE, THE PRINCESS SIGNED THE VISITOR'S BOOK, AND WAS PRESENTED WITH A BOUQUET.

/PRINCESS ALEXANDRA,