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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1978

NEW YEAR'S DAY TIME SIGNAL CORRECTION

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THE USUAL 6-PIP TIME SIGNALS FROM THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY WILL NOT BE BROADCAST AT 8 A.M. ON NEW YEAR'S DAY (JANUARY 1) BUT WILL RESUME AT 8.15 A.M., A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THIS IS TO ENABLE A CORRECTION TO BE APPLIED WHICH WILL RESULT IN A DELAY OF ONE SECOND TO THE RESUMED TIME SIGNALS, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE CORRECTION AROSE FROM THE FACT THAT THE TIME SCALE NOW IN USE, KNOWN AS THE CO-ORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC), WAS BASED ON THE ATOMIC TIME SCALE WHICH PROVIDED A MORE PRECISE AND UNIFORM SECOND THAN THAT DERIVED BY ASTRONOMICAL MEANS.

+ IT HAS BEEN INTERNATIONALLY AGREED THAT A CORRECTION OF ONE SECOND SHOULD BE APPLIED FROM TIME TO TIME SO THAT THE UTC WILL NOT DIFFER FROM THE ASTRONOMICAL TIME BY MORE THAN NINE-TENTHS OF A SECOND, HE SAID.

THE LAST CORRECTION OF ONE SECOND WAS MADE ON JANUARY 1, 1978.

10TH ANNIVERSARY FOR YAU MA TEI C.D.O.

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THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (YAU MA TEI) WILL HOST A COCKTAIL RECEPTION TO CELEBRATE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OFFICE TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE COMPRISING CIVIC LEADERS, KAIFONG CHAIRMEN, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, REPRESENTATIVES OF AREA COMMITTEES, CLANSMAN ASSOCIATIONS AND HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE DISTRICT HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND.

ESTABLISHED ON NOVEMBER 11, 1968, THE OFFICE IS THE THIRD TO BE SET UP IN THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE SCHEME. IT NOW PROVIDES A GREAT VARIETY OF SERVICES TO THE 170,000 RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE AREA.

MR. THOMAS SHARR, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER AND HIS STAFF WILL BE PRESENT TO RECEIVE THE GUESTS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE COCKTAIL RECEPTION TO CELEBRATE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (YAU MA TEI) AT 2 P.M. TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT ITS PREMISES AT 260-264 TEMPLE STREET, YAU MA TEI.

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