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SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1980

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MR T.S. LO TO HEAD UMELCO POLICE GROUP

THE GOVERNOR

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SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY (SUNDAY) ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR LO TAK-SHING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE UMELCO POLICE GROUP.

MR LO, WHOSE APPOINTMENT TAKES EFFECT TOMORROW, ASSUMES THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE GROUP ON THE RETIREMENT OF SIR SIDNEY GORDON.

MR JOHN SWAINE AND MR ALEX WU HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF THE GROUP AND FOUR EXISTING MEMBERS, MR LI FOOK-WO, THE REV JOYCE BENNETT, MR WONG LAM AND FATHER PATRICK MCGOVERN, HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED, ALL WITH EFFECT FROM TOMORROW.

AT THE SAME TIME THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THAT MISS LYDIA DUNN WILL ASSUME THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE PROVISIONAL BOARD OF THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL, HELD TILL NOW BY MR LO.

MISS DUNN'S APPOINTMENT WILL ALSO TAKE EFFECT TOMORROW.

HK TO HOST INTERNATIONAL METROLOGY MEETING

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HONG KONG IS TO HOST FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY) AN IMPORTANT FOUR-DAY INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON METROLOGY THE SCIENCE AND TECHNIQUE OF MEASUREMENTS.

THE MEETING IS A PART OF THE ASIA/PACIFIC METROLOGY PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE COMMONWEALTH SCIENCE COUNCIL ASSISTED BY THE UNESCO WHICH PROVIDES FUNDS FOR NON-COMMONWEALTH MEMBERS.

MR G.J. OSBORNE, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. IS THE ORGANISER OF THE MEETING. HE IS ALSO HONG KONG'S REPRESENTATIVE AT THE DISCUSSIONS.

COMMENTING ON THE EVENT MR OSBORNE SAID THAT MEMBERS OF THE PROGRAMME MEET ONCE IN THREE YEARS TO DISCUSS THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF METROLOGY AT ALL LEVELS.

+AT THESE MEETINGS A STEERING COMMITTEE IS ELECTED TO MEET IN THE INTERVENING YEARS TO REVIEW PROGRESS ON THE VARIOUS AGREED PROGRAMMES OF CO-OPERATION. THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION.

+OUR INTENTION IS TO SHOW THE VISITING GROUP THAT HONG KONG HAS THE FACILITIES AND EXPERTISE IN MANY AREAS TO CALIBRATE AND CONDUCT TYPE APPROVAL TESTING TO THE COMMERCIAL LIMITS LAID DOWN IN THE USA FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMITTEE LEGISLATION, HE SAID.