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contrasts for HRH The Princess Anne when she paid an official visit to the Colony in October. The Princess came in her capacity as Colonel-in-Chief of the 14th/20th King's Hussars currently stationed at Sek Kong, and as President of the Save the Children Fund. In- cluded in her crowded programme of public engagements was the laying of the foundation stone for the new Lai Chi Kok Hospital, the inauguration of the Colony's second satellite earth station and the opening of the new Kwun Tong swimming pool complex. In addition to these public functions, there was a surprise shopping trip to 'Cat Street', horse-riding in the New Territories, an evening har- bour cruise and a ride in a sampan when she visited a family spon- sored by the Save the Children Fund. It was Princess Anne's first visit to Hong Kong and one that she described as 'wonderful'. In a message to the Acting Governor, Sir Hugh Norman-Walker, shortly after she had left the Princess said she had a genuine wish to return before too long. The title page shows the Princess setting out on a riding expedition in the New Territories with members of the 14th/20th King's Hussars, the day before her departure.