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FRIDAY, JAHUART 17, 1975

YET, MR. BRAY SAID, NOT MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE WERE ASSISTED IN THIS WAY AT ANY ONE TIME.

+TODAY+, MR. BRAY POINTED OUT, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING, EDUCATION AND MEDICAL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE ON A SCALE UNDREAMED OF, AND THE POOREST ARE HELPED BY A SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME NOW ABSORBING WELL OVER $100 MILLION A YEAR.+

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR. BRAY'S SPEECH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE GIS PRESS BOXES LATER THIS EVENING.

ROYAL OBSERVATORY OFFICER TO CHAIR MARINE CLIMATOLOGY MEETING ******

THE SCIENTIFIC OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE MARINE METEOROLOGICAL SECTION OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY. MR. CHU WING-KI WILL LEAVE HONG KONG TOMORROW (SATURDAY) TO CHAIR A MARINE CLIMATOLOGY MEETING IN GENEVA.

THE MEETING, SPONSORED BY THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS WILL BE HELD BETWEEN JANUARY 20 AND 25.

TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED WILL INCLUDE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE COLLECTION, VERIFICATION AND PUBLICATION OF WEATHER REPORTS FROM SHIPS, AND WAYS TO MAKE USE OF THESE DATA IN PREPARING A CLIMATIC ATLAS OF THE OCEANS.

MR. CHU WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE MARINE CLIMATOLOGY WORKING GROUP IN THE SIXTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION FOR MARINE METEOROLOGY HELD IN TOKYO IN OCTOBER 1972.

MEMBERS OF THIS WORKING GROUP CONSIST OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE U.S.S.R., WEST GERMANY, HOLLAND, INDIA, JAPAN AND SOUTH AFRICA.

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