Sunday, October 22nd, 1972
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BEATING OF RETREAT, ABERDEEN
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6.30 p.m. to 7.10 p.m.
Her Royal Highness will carry out her first engagement as Honorary
Commandant General of the Royal Hong Kong Police when she attends the ceremonial
Beating of Retreat at the Police Training School in Aberdeen.
OPEN PRESS facilities will be available.
Editors are asked to note
that the ceremony will be held in darkness or semi-darkness and that the use of flashlights will not be permitted. Also, because of the nature of the
ceremony the Press position will have to be sited outside the perimeter of
the parade ground and at some distance from the official dais. However,
photographers will be able to photograph H.R.H. being greeted on arrival and of H.R.H. being piped back to her car at the end of the ceremony. Flash will be allowed for these photographs only.
Transport will be provided by the R.H.K.P.
The Press bus will leave
Police Headquarters, Arsenal Street at 5.20 p.m. and will return to Police
Headquarters after the ceremony.
Monday, October 23rd, 1972
POLICE HEADQUARTERS, ARSENAL STREET - 10.50 a.m. to 12.00 p.m.
Princess Alexandra will visit the Police Headquarters at Arsenal Street
on Monday morning. To commemorate the visit, H.R.H. will unveil a plaque at the extension building now under construction. Following this, she will visit the
Arsenal Street Rank and File Married Quarters and will be invited to meet one
of the families. H.R.H. will also visit the Police Primary School.
OPEN PRESS facilities will be provided at the unveiling of the plaque
and for the visit to the school. Due to limited space, Press representatives
will not be able to enter the flat in the Married Quarters. Pool reporting and
photography will be undertaken by official team. A pool report of her visit to
the flat will be issued on the G.I.S. teleprinter and official pictures will be
available as soon as possible afterwards.
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