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SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1979
PWD OFFICERS TO ATTEND WORLD CONGRESS ON WASTE RECYCLING ******
THREE SENIOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OFFICERS LEFT TODAY (SUNDAY) FOR MANILA TO ATTEND THE SECOND WORLD CONGRESS ON WASTE RECYCLING.
THEY WERE THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL ENGINEER PR. WONG MANG-KI- THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER, MR. GRAHAM OSBORNE AND THE SENIOR ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER, MR. JOHN COLLIER.
THE CONGRESS WILL ALSO BE ATTENDED BY DELEGATES FROM THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, ITALY, NORWAY, SWITZERLAND, INDIA AND NIGERIA.
THE FOUR-DAY CONGRESS, ENTITLED RECYCLING '79, WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (MONDAY) AT THE PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE.
DURING THE CONGRESS, THE SPEAKERS, ALL RECOGNISED AUTHORITIES IN THE IR RESPECTIVE FIELDS, WILL DISCUSS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THEIR PARTICULAR AREA OF RESEARCH IN NEW AND BETTER USES OF SECONDARY RESOURCES.
A TOTAL OF 36 PAPERS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE CONGRESS. AMONG THEM ARE THOSE ON +MINERAL CONSERVATION THROUGH RECYCLING+, +A COMPOSTING PLANT FOR THE ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE+, +DEVELOPMENT OF SEPARATION METHODS AND SYSTEM DESIGN OF THE RECYCLING OF SOLID WASTES+ AND +THE SEPARATION OF WASTE BY ELUTRIATION+.
DURING THE IR STAY IN MANILA, THE HONG KONG DELEGATES WILL VISIT AN EXHIBITION STAGED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONGRESS.
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