XN000022-1986-04-14 — Page 6

MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1986

5

PRINCESS PRESENTS SOUVENIR TO SHIP'S CREW

*****

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA TODAY (MONDAY) PRESENTED A SILVER PEACOCK SOUVENIR TO THE CREW OF HMS PEACOCK, THE HONG KONG SQUADRON PATROL CRAFT THAT SHE HAD NAMED IN ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, IN 1984.

THE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AT HMS TAMAR AFTER THE PRINCESS HAD JOINED THE PEACOCK IN TSUEN WAN FOR A CRUISE THROUGH THE HARBOUR.

SHE WAS WELCOMED ON BOARD THE PATROL CRAFT BY THE SENIOR OFFICER OF THE ROYAL NAVY'S HONG KONG SQUADRON, COMMANDER BARRY GOLDMAN, AND ON ARRIVAL AT TAMAR SHE WAS GREETED BY THE ACTING CAPTAIN-IN-CHARGE, COMMANDER GEORGE PEARSON.

PRINCESS ALEXANDRA THEN PRESENTED TO THE SHIP'S CREW THE SMALL SILVER PEACOCK, WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MIKE CRITCHLEY.

AFTER THE PRESENTATION, THE PRINCESS ATTENDED A COCKTAIL RECEPTION IN THE OFFICERS' MESS IN THE PRINCE OF WALES BUILDING, WHERE SHE WAS GREETED BY THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR GENERAL ANTHONY BOAM, AND MRS BOAM.

FOLLOWING THE ENGAGEMENT AT HMS TAMAR, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA VISITED THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS IN WAN CHAI WHICH HAS ADDED A NEW DIMENSION TO LOCAL CULTURAL LIFE SINCE ITS OPENING LAST YEAR.

SHE WAS GREETED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ACADEMY COUNCIL, MR ALEX WU SHU-CHI, AND THE ACADEMY'S DIRECTOR, DR BASIL DEANE.

DR DEANE INTRODUCED THE PRINCESS TO THE HEADS OF THE ACADEMY'S VARIOUS SCHOOLS - DANCE, DRAMA, MUSIC, AND TECHNICAL ARTS - AND THEN ACCOMPANIED HER ON AN INSPECTION OF SOME OF THE FACILITIES.

FOLLOWING THIS, THE PRINCESS RETURNED TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE. EARLIER, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA VISITED THE RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP YUM YUEN HOUSE AT TING KAU, NEAR TSUEN WAN.

THE RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP IS A VOLUNTARY AGENCY IN THE MENTA HEALTH FIELD WHICH WAS FORMED IN BRITAIN IN 1959, AND NOW OPERATES INTERNATIONALLY. THE RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP OF HONG KONG WAS INCORPORATED IN 1984 AS A NON-DENOMINATIONAL AGENCY TO RUN HALFWAY HOUSES WHICH WOULD HAVE TWO FUNCTIONS: TO PREVENT THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO ENTER A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL AND TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE DISCHARGED FROM SUCH A HOSPITAL.

/ON ARRIVAL,