TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1980
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HE SAID MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NEEDING THE SERVICE WERE WELCOME TO GO TO THE VAN WHEN IT WAS IN THEIR DISTRICT.
HOWEVER IF THEY CONSIDERED THE IR NEED AS URGENT, THEY COULD GO TO THE HONG KONG OR KOWLOON OFFICES OF THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT DURING OFFICE HOURS.
CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT AT RO RETIRES
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THE CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR LIU PING-PUI, WILL BE RETIRING AFTER MORE THAN 33 YEARS SERVICE AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
SINCE 1962, MA LIU HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTROLLING AND CO-ORDINATING THE WORK OF THE SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANTS AND THE ISSUE OF METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND SHIPPING INTERESTS. IN 1965 HE WAS AWARDED AN MBE FOR HIS SERVICES TO THE GOVERNMENT +GREATLY IN EXCESS OF NORMAL DUTIES.+
TRANSPORT CHAIRMAN TO SURVEY CONGESTED AREAS
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THE RECENTLY APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MR T.S. LO, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR ALAN ARMSTRONG-WRIGHT, WILL MAKE AN AERIAL SURVEY IN A RHKAAF
HELICOPTER OVER TRAFFIC CONGESTION SPOTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR DURING THURSDAY (AUGUST 7) MORNING'S RUSH HOUR.
LATER, THEY WILL LAND AT TUEN MUN TO VISIT KMB'S BUS ASSEMBLY
PLANT.
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