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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1977
NOTE TO EDITORS:
HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME ***
A PRESS CONFERENCE ON A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME WILL BE HELD AT 3 P.M. TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE WILL CHAIR THE CONFERENCE WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
ALSO ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE WILL BE MR. IAN LIGHTBODY, SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR. DONALD LIAO, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING MR. H.M.G. FORSGATE, URBAN COUNCILLOR, AND MR. YEUNG KAI-YIN, ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY ON HOME OWNERSHIP.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CONFERENCE. COPIES OF A BACKGROUND BRIEF ON THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PRESS REPRESENTATIVES AT 2.30 P.M., HALF AN HOUR BEFORE THE START OF THE CONFERENCE.
WARNING TO FISHERMEN AND SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS
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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED A NAVIGATIONAL WARNING TO FISHERMEN AND SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SAILING IN OR NEAR CASTLE PEAK BAY TO AVOID INTERFERING WITH HYDROGRAPHIC STUDIES TO BE CARRIED OUT THERE.
THEY ARE ASKED TO GIVE A WIDE BERTH TO VESSELS AND RIGS WHICH WILL BE STATIONED THERE TO UNDERTAKE THE STUDIES FOR THE DESIGN OF A TYPHOON SHELTER FOR TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
FROM 8 A.M. TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO 10 A.M. ON SATURDAY (MARCH 5) THREE VESSELS WILL BE ANCHORED BETWEEN PEARL ISLAND AND EAST BROTHER ISLAND.
TO RECORD THE WAVE EFFECTS AND FLOW CURRENT, TWO INSTRUMENTED MOORED RIGS WILL BE LAID IN OR NEAR CASTLE PEAK BAY FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, FROM MARCH 23 TO OCTOBER 5.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY URGED ALL VESSELS, IN PARTICULAR FISHING CRAFT, TO EXERCISE CARE AND CAUTION WHEN NAVIGATING IN THE VICINITY OF THE MOORINGS AND THEY SHOULD, IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES, GO ALONGSIDE THE BUOYS.
THEIR CO-OPERATION IS REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT THE STUDIES CAN BE PROPERLY CARRIED OUT.
THE TYPHOON SHELTER FOR TUEN MUN NEW TOWN IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED SOMETIME IN 1980.
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