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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1976

PRESS CENTRE AT CFM MEETING TO BEGIN OPERATION TOMORROW

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

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THE PRESS CENTRE TO BE USED BY ACCREDITED PRESS, TV AND RADIO REPRESENTATIVES DURING THE PERIOD OF THE COMMONWEALTH FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING WILL COME INTO OPERATION TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE CENTRE, MANNED BY STAFF OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND CABLE AND WIRELESS, IS LOCATED AT CONFERENCE ROOM IT AND 111 ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE HONG KONG CONVENTION CENTRE.

HOWEVER, ENTRY TO THE CONVENTION CENTRE DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE STRICTLY CONTROLLED, AND ONLY AUTHORISED PASS-HOLDERS WILL BE PERMITTED IN.

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT ACCREDITED PRESS PASSES CAN BE

USED ONLY BY THE NAME-HOLDER WHO SHOULD ALSO CARRY SOME

VERIFICATION OF HIS/HER IDENTITY. ANYONE ELSE ATTEMPTING TO

USE THE PASS TO GAIN ADMISSION TO THE CONVENTION CENTRE

WILL BE DENIED ENTRY.

UNLOADING OF DIESEL OIL FROM CHINA BACK TO NORMAL *****

THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY, MR. REGINALD GREGORY, SAID TODAY THAT THE UNLOADING OF DIESEL OIL FROM CHINA WILL RETURN TO NORMAL WITH THE OPENING OF A NEW TEMPORARY TERMINAL AT TAI PO KAU.

THE FIRST BATCH OF DIESEL OIL COMPRISING 16 WAGONS WILL ARRIVE AT THE NEW TERMINAL TOMORROW (SUNDAY) EVENING.

THE TERMINAL IS SPECIALLY OPENED TO HANDLE OIL TRAINS FROM CHINA WHICH HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED SINCE THE AUGUST 25 RAINSTORM.

THERE ARE FIVE OTHER TEMPORARY TERMINALS SET UP FOR THE UNLOADING OF GOODS FROM RAILWAY WAGONS, THEY ARE LOACTED AT THE SOUTH OF SHA TIN STATION, FO TAN, WO HOP SHEK, FANLING AND HO TUNG LAU WORKSHOPS.

THE KCR OPENED THESE TEMPORARY TERMINALS BECAUSE THE WAGONS COULD NOT REACH KOWLOON AS A RESULT OF DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE OLD RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER SHING MUN RIVER.

COMMENTING ON THE WORK OF THE NEW BRIDGE AT TAI WAI, MR. GREGORY SA ID: +THE WORK IS PROGRSSING SMOOTHLY AND THE BRIDGE WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT MONTH ON SCHEDULE.+

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