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TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1976

NOTE TO EDITORS:

NEW ANTI-POLLUTION LAUNCH

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MEMBERS OF THE PRESS ARE INVITED TO GO ON BOARD THE MARINE DEPARTMENT'S NEW $1,8 MILLION ANTI-POLLUTION LAUNCH ON THURSDAY (APRIL 15).

THE LAUNCH IS THE BIGGEST AND MOST SOPHISTICATED OF THE DEPARTMENT'S POLLUTION CONTROL VESSELS. WITH STORAGE TANKS THAT CAN HOLD 6,000 GALLONS OF DISPERSANTS, IT CAN CARRY ON DISPERSING OPERATIONS FOR A WHOLE DAY WITHOUT RE-LOADING. IT CAN CARRY SUFFICIENT FUEL TO OPERATE FOR ABOUT 100 HOURS AT A STRETCH AT HALF ITS FULL SPEED OF 12 KNOTS.

ON THURSDAY, MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE ASKED TO MEET MR. TONY MASON, MARINE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT, AT 2.30 P.M. AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PIER NEXT TO THE MACAU FERRY PIER. A G.IS, OFFICER WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.

+MEET THE MEDIA+ SESSION

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NOTE TO EDITORS.

YOU ARE REMINDED THAT A +MEET THE MEDIA+ SESSION WILL BE HELD IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE AT 4 P.M. TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

ATTENDING THE MEETING WILL BE THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID, MR. T.L. VON POKORNY.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE MEETING. TELEVISION CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.

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