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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1994

GOVERNOR VISITS SAI KUNG

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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, VISITED SAI KUNG DISTRICT THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON TO KEEP HIMSELF ABREAST OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

MR PATTEN FIRST TOURED THE 150-YEAR-OLD TIN HAU TEMPLE AND ADJACENT KWAN TEI TEMPLE.

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THE GOVERNOR THEN VISITED THE PURPOSE-BUILT VILLAGE KUNG PUBLIC SCHOOL NEXT TO THE TEMPLES.

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THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A WALKABOUT IN THE SEAFOOD MARKET IN TOWN WHERE ITS RENOWNED RESTAURANTS CATER FOR BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS VISITORS.

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MR PATTEN ALSO BOARDED A MARINE POLICE LAUNCH AND TOURED SAI KUNG HOI (PORT SHELTER) WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR ITS BEACHES.

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BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS TOUR, MR PATTEN DISCUSSED LOCAL WITH THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AT A RECEPTION IN MARINA COVE.

THE GOVERNOR WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE TRIP BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG, KOWLOON/NEW TERRITORIES, MISS CHRISTINE CHOW, AND THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PARRISH NG.

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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OPENS POLICE PAINTING EXHIBITION

(THURSDAY)

HER ROYAL A1GHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA TODAY OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION STAGED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY CLUB

AND DID SO IN A DISTINCTIVE CHINESE WAY BY USING A CALLIGRAPHY BRUSH TO PUT DOWN THE FIRST CHARACTER OF A POPULAR CHINESE "CI" POEM.

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THE POEM "BUTTERFLIES LOVE FLOWERS" WAS WRITTEN BY A RENOWNED SONG DYNASTY POET, MR SU SHI.

PRINCESS ALEXANDRA AND HER HUSBAND, SIR ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION BY POLICE, MR EDDIE HUI KI-ON.

ANCUS OGILVY, WERE THE COMMISSIONER OF

ROYAL ITEMS

GUIDED BY THE CLUB CHAIRMAN, MR WAN HON-HING, HER HIGHNESS TOURED AROUND THE EXHIBITION HALL, WHERE MORE THAN 200 PRODUCED BY POLICE OFFICERS WERE ON DISPLAY. THE WORKS INCLUDE CHINESE AND WESTERN PAINTINGS, CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY PIECES AND SEAL- CUTTING WORKS.

THE POLICE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY CLUB, WHICH HAS MORE THAN 1,000

MEMBERS FROM DIFFERENT RANKS OF POLICE OFFICERS, ORGANISED THE EXHIBITION TO CELEBRATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLICE FORCE.

/THE EXHIBITION,