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MR HUTTON ADDED THAT THE PROJECT WAS PURELY AN EXPERIMENTAL ONE AND, ALTHOUGH NO DIFFERENT IN CONCEPT FROM COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS, HAD ENABLED THE STUDENTS TO WORK TOGETHER AS A PROJECT TEAM IN ORDER TO PRODUCE THE SYSTEM FROM BASIC COMPONENTS SOME OF WHICH WERE RECLAIMED FROM SCRAP.
ACCORDING TO THE GROUP LEADER, MR CHAN YUET-KEUNG, ABOUT 50 PER
+THIS IS CENT OF THE SOLAR ENERGY CAN BE ABSORBED BY THE SYSTEM. NOT A BAD EFFICIENCY RATE, HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE TEMPERATURE OF THE HEATED WATER WAS AS HIGH AS 50-60 DEGREES CELCIUS.
UMELCO MEMBERS TO VISIT SHA TIN
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NINE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS WILL VISIT SHA TIN ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 5) TO SEE THE LATEST NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS.
THEY ARE SIR SIDNEY GORDON, THE REV. JOYCE BENNETT, MR. LEUNG TAT-SHING, FATHER PATRICK MCGOVERN, MR. WONG LAM, MR. CHARLES YEUNG, DR. HO KAM-FAI, MR. F.K. HU AND MR. WONG PO-YAN.
THE PARTY WILL BE BRIEFED BY SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER,
MR. GERRY HIGGINSON, ON THE TOWN CENTRE DEVELOPMENT, AND WILL VISIT TIN SUM VALLEY, WO CHE ESTATE AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEX AND FO TAN INDUSTRIAL AREA.
THEY WILL ALSO MEET THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OF SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. THE VISIT WILL LAST THE WHOLE MORNING.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE VISIT TO SHA TIN BY UMELCO MEMBERS ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 5). TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE, AM 3214, WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER FOR SHA TIN AT 9.45 A.M.
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