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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1977

DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION BACK FROM LEAVE

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MR. R.E. DOWNING, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, HAD RESUMED HIS OFFICE ON RETURNING TO HONG KONG AFTER A TWO-MONTH ABSENCE.

BEFORE TAKING LEAVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, MR. DOWNING ATTENDED THE FIVE-DAY AOC INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS CONFERENCE IN ROME, VISITED A NUMBER OF EUROPEAN AIRPORTS AND ATTENDED THE PARIS AIR SHOW.

MR. B.D. KEEP, WHO HAS BEEN ACTING AS DIRECTOR PROCEEDED ON LEAVE ON MR. DOWNING'S RETURN.

MR. J.A. HALLAM, CONTINUES TO ACT AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR DURING MR. KEEP'S ABSENCE.

BILLS PASSED

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THREE BILLS PASSED THEIR COMMITTEE STAGE AND THIRD READING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THEY ARE THE DANGEROUS DRUGS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1977, THE SUMMARY OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL 1977, AND AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER'S BILL, THE ZETLAND HALL TRUSTEES INCORPORATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1977.