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NOTE TO EDITORS:

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1978

DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE

TO VISIT ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOME

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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE. MR. THOMAS LEE, WILL VISIT THE ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOME AT 13-1/2 MILESTONE, TAI PO ROAD, TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON TO KEEP HIMSELF INFORMED OF ITS LATEST DEVELOPMENT.

MR. LEE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED ON HIS VISIT BY MRS. EVELYN DOE, HEAD OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION. THEY WILL ARRIVE AT THE HOME AT 3 P.M.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTO- GRAPHER TO COVER THE VISIT, TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO USE THE FACILITIES ARE ASKED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE EASTERN ENTRANCE OF LEE GARDENS, CAUSEWAY BAY NOT LATER THAN 1.45 P.M.

FIRST MEETING OF METRICATION COMMITTEE

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THE METRICATION COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR ON DECEMBER 30 LAST YEAR HAS SET UP THREE SUB-COMMITTEES TO LOOK AT PROGRESS OF METRICATION IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, CONSUMER INTERESTS AND IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.

THE SETTING UP OF THESE SUB-COMMITTEES WAS AGREED AT THE COMMITTEE'S FIRST MEETING HELD AT THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT YESTERDAY (MONDAY).

ALL 12 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WERE PRESENT AT THE MEETING.

DURING THE MEETING, THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO REQUEST THE AUSTRALIAN METRIC CONVERSION BOARD TO PERMIT ITS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, MR. A.F.A. HARPER, WHO WILL BE PASSING THROUGH HONG KONG IN MAY, TO EXTEND HIS STAY HERE FOR A FEW DAYS SO THAT HE CAN GIVE THE HONG KONG METRICATION COMMITTEE ADVICE AS WELL AS THE BENEFIT OF HIS EXPERTISE.

THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE WILL BE ON MARCH 6.

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