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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1979

COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SURVEYING AND LAND ECONOMY CONFERENCE ******

HONG KONG WILL PLAY HOST LATER THIS MONTH TO THE 1979 ASIA REGIONAL MEETING OF THE COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SURVEYING AND LAND ECONOMY (CASLE).

THE CONFERENCE WILL OPEN ON FEBRUARY 25 AND EXTEND THROUGH TO MARCH 1.

TOPICS COVERED WILL INCLUDE :

* HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION.

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AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION.

SURVEY REQUIREMENTS IN THE EIGHTIES, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS.

* LAND ECONOMY.

* LAND SURVEYING.

* QUANTITY SURVEYING.

* THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROFESSION IN THE REGION DURING

THE EIGHTIES.

FUTURE ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES.

THE CASLE CONFERENCE WILL BE OPENED BY MR. DEREK JONES, SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS WILL BE GIVEN BY MR. FOX BUTTERFIELD OF THE NEW YORK TIMES. IT WILL BE ENTITLED : +CHINA IN THE '80S+.

SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE DR. R. BURCROFF, SENIOR PROJECT ECONOMIST, AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK- MR. T.D.W. MCCULLOCH, DIRECTOR OF OCEAN AND AQUATIC SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND ENVIRONMENT, GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND MR. J.R. HOLLWEY, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND SURVEYING NORTH EAST LONDON POLYTECHNIC,

SITUATION REPORTS FROM COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES IN ASIA WILL BE TABLED, AND LOCAL EXPERTS WILL ALSO OFFER THE IR VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSIONS.

DR. E.G. PRYOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, HONG KONG (PLANNING AND RESEARCH DIVISION), AND MR. IVOR STANTON, DIRECTOR OF LANDS, SURVEY AND TOWN PLANNING WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BOTH PRESENT PAPERS.

AS WELL AS PRESENTATION OF PAPERS AND SITUATION REPORTS, GROUP MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AND DELEGATES FROM ABROAD WILL VISIT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND TOUR HONG KONG TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES PROGRESS MADE OVER THE YEARS.

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