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H.E. THE GOVERNOR LEAVING FOR SINGAPORE CONFERENCE
His Excellency the Governor, Sir Robert Black, K.C.M.G., O.B.E.,
will leave the Colony by air on Tuesday, January 3 for Singapore to attend
the conference of Governors, administrators of British territories and
British Ambassadors to foreign countries in the Far East, which is held
every year and is attended regularly by the Governor of Hong Kong.
Sir Robert will return to the Colony on January 8.
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THRER NEW SAND DEPOTS COMING INTO USE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
$1 Increase In Price Of Sand
Three new sand depots will come into operation at Kwun Tong, Tail Lap
Chung and Sha Tin as from January 1, 1961 to cope with the increased demand
for Government sand for building purposes.
The three new depots are additional to the existing Government sand
depots at North Point and Hung Hon.
Simultaneously with the establishment of the three depots, the system
of direct delivery which has been in force in certain mainland areas will be
discontinued, and consumers will have to make their own arrangements for
collection from any of the five depots.
The price of sand supplied by Government for building purposes is
being increased from $8 to $9 a oubio yard ex-depot as from the New Year,
To meet recent complaints about the quality of sand delivered,
especially in the New Territorios, arrangements have been made to increase
greatly the capacity of the contractor's washing and screening plant.
At all five depots washed and screened sand will be available on and
after January 1, 1961.
BANK NOTES IN CIRCULATION
The average amount of bank notes in circulation during November totalled
HK$972,725,730, according to statistics published in today's Government Gazette.
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