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Thursday, April 8, 1976

NEW COMMANDING OFFICER FOR ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT

The Royal Hong Kong kegiment (The Volunteers) is to have a new

Commanding Officer.

He is Lt.Colonel F.F. Gregson, M.B.B., of the Royal Tank Regiment

who will take over command on Monday, April 12. He will be here for two and

a half years.

Lt. Col. Gregson, who is married and has two children, has come to

Hong Kong from the Junior Division of the Staff College at Warminster in

Wiltshire, England, where he was an instructor.

Prior to that posting he was Second-in-Command of the Royal Yeomanry

Regiment to which the Royal Hong Kong Regiment is affiliated.

Lt. Col. Heywood, the first Volunteer for 20 years to hold the post

of Commanding Officer, will on handing over the command transfer to the Reserve

of Officers where, through his Reserve Officer tasks, he will maintain e

continuing link with the Regiment. Lt.-Col. Heywood, who has commanded the

Regiment for two and a half years, was appointed an O.B.E, (Military) in the

last New Year Honours list.

WATER CUT

Water supply to a number of premises in Sham Shui Po will be

interrupted between 1 a.. and 6 a., on Saturday (April 10) to enable the

Waterworks Office to carry out a leakage test.

The area affected is bounded by Po On Road, Pratas Street, Un Chau

Street, Tonkin Street, Castle Peak Road and Cheung Fat Street.

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