NOTE TO EDITORS!
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1978
PRESS CONFERENCE BY HK'S ECONOMIC MISSION
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SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN, LEADER OF THE RECENT HONG KONG ECONOMIC MISSION TO JAPAN, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE G.I.S, THEATRE, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, AT 3 P.M. ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 1).
ALSO PRESENT WILL BE THREE MEMBERS OF THE MISSION MR. T.K. ANN, MR. DAVID NEWBIGGING AND MR. LEN DUNNING,
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
TELEVISION CREWS ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.
NEW TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT FOR WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT
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NEW AND MORE EFFICIENT TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT THE HEAD OFFICE OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AT LEIGHTON CENTRE, CAUSEWAY BAY.
THE EQUIPMENT - KNOWN AS THE DIRECT-DIALLING-IN SYSTEM WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL ON DECEMBER 4.
FROM THAT DAY, ANY PERSON WISHING TO CONTACT WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT STAFF AT LEIGHTON CENTRE SHOULD DIAL 5-7900333 FIRST.
THE OPERATOR WILL THEN GIVE THE CALLER THE DIRECT-DFALLING-IN NUMBER OF THE STAFF MEMBER.
ALSO FROM THE SAME DATE THREE NEW TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR GENERAL ENQUIRIES, AND FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT WATER ACCOUNT MATTERS, WILL COME INTO OPERATION.
THEY ARE 5-7900222, 5-7900223 AND 5-7900224.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT SAID THE NEW EQUIPMENT WILL, IN THE LONG RUN, ELIMINATE QUEUEING ON LINES AND PREVENT INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC.