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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1979
HK TO ATTEND POWER CONFERENCE IN SINGAPORE
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A SEVEN-MAN DELEGATION, COMPRISING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND POWER COMPANIES' REPRESENTATIVES, LEFT FOR SINGAPORE TODAY (SUNDAY) TO ATTEND THE BRITISH ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (BEAMA) POWER CONFERENCE.
THE CONFERENCE, ORGANISED BY BEAMA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TRÅDE BOARD, WILL OPEN TOMORROW (MONDAY) AND WILL LAST FOUR DAYS.
IT WILL BE ATTENDED BY DELEGATES FROM PUBLIC UTILITY ORGANISATIONS AND POWER GENERATION COMPANIES THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE FAR EAST.
REPRESENTING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ARE DR. S. REED, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADVISER OF THE ENVIRONMENT BRANCH, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT MR. GRAHAM OSBORNE, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER, AND MR. MIAO CHI, CHIEF ENGINEER. BOTH FROM THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO. LTD. AND THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC CO. LTD. HAVE EACH SENT TWO REPRESENTATIVES.
COUNTRIES TAKING PART IN THE CONFERENCE INCLUDE MALAYSIA, SRI LANKA, BURMA, THE PHILIPPINES, THAILAND AND SOUTH KOREA.
CONTRACT FOR SHA TIN TEACHING HOSPITAL
TO BE SIGNED TOMORROW ****
THE MAIN CONTRACT FOR THE SHA TIN TEACHING HOSPITAL WILL BE SIGNED TOMORROW (MONDAY).
IT WILL BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRACTS LET BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN RECENT YEARS.
THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE PWD, MURRAY BUILDING, 21ST FLOOR, GARDEN ROAD, AT 12 NOON.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE
CEREMONY.
TV CREWS ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.
OFFICERS OF THE PWD'S PUBLICITY UNIT WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.
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