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Tuesday, November 7, 1972
MR. ROBSON VISITS CHINA
The Director of Public Works, Mr. J.J. Robson, left for China
early this afternoon at the invitation of the Chief of the Hydro-Electric
Bureau of Kwangtung Province.
While in China, he will visit the East River-Shun Chun Water Scheme.
Mr. Robson is accompanied by five senior officers of the Public
Works Department. They are Mr. Wilfred Knight, Director of Water Supplies,
Mr. T.H. Tomlinson, Principal Government Water Engineer, Mr. Li Chuen,
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Mr. Ng Lin-hing, Chief Engineer (Supply),
and Mr. Wong Mang-ki, Chief Engineer.
They are expected to return to Hong Kong on November 14,
A Government spokesman, commenting on the visit, said that the
matter of water supply from China to Hong Kong may come up during the
visit "and, if so, it will obviously be discussed".
He pointed out that there was no question of "demanding" water
from China as was reported in a morning newspaper today, and Mr. Robson
would not bring up for discussion general communication problems such
as roads, railways and airlinks as suggested in the newspaper report.
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