TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1979
THE DUKE AND THE GOVERNOR LEAVE FOR UK
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THE DUKE OF KENT LEFT HONG KONG BY AIR THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE UNITED KINGDOM FOLLOWING AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO CHINA.
TRAVELLING ON THE SAME AIRCRAFT WITH HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS IS THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE. ACCOMPANYING THE GOVERNOR TO LONDON ARE THE SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, MR. DAVID FORD, AND THE POLITICAL ADVISER, DR. DAVID WILSON.
THE DUKE AND THE GOVERNOR WERE SEEN OFF AT THE AIRBRIDGE BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER. JOINING SIR JACK IN THE V.I.P. ROOM EARLIER TO SAY FAREWELL TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS AND THE GOVERNOR WERE THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ROY REDGRAVE AND THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR YUET- KEUNG KAN.
DURING SIR MURRAY'S ABSENCE, SIR JACK WILL ACT AS GOVERNOR.
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO FUEL SAVING CAMPAIGN ADMIRABLE
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ONLY 58 PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED SUMMONSES SINCE THE GOVERNMENT'S FUEL SAVING MEASURES WERE PUT INTO EFFECT ON MAY 13, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
*MOST OF THE SUMMONSES RELATED TO THE PERSISTENT ILLEGAL USE OF LIGHTING FOR SHOP WINDOW DISPLAYS OR FAILURE TO SWITCH OFF ADVERTISING SIGNS, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
+ON THE WHOLE THE PUBLIC'S RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNMENT'S FUEL SAVING MEASURES HAS BEEN ADMIRABLE, HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THOSE WHO HAD RECEIVED SUMMONSES HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN WARNED AND IN BREACHING CERTAIN PROVISIONS MADE UNDER THE OIL (CONSERVATION AND CONTROL) ORDINANCE 1979 WERE JUST CHANCING THE IR LUCK.
IN ADDITION TO THE SUMMONSES 47 OTHER WARNINGS HAD BEEN GIVEN TO SHOPKEEPERS FOUND TO HAVE BREACHED THE ORDINANCE BY USING ELECTRICITY FOR ILLUMINATING SHOP SIGNS OR FOR THE DISPLAY OF PRODUCTS.
+SO FAR THE PUBLIC HAVE RESPONDED TO THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN WITH A GOOD DEAL OF COMMON SENSE,+ THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
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