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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1981

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ALSO ON BOARD THE LAUNCH +ISABEL+ WAS A TEAM OF TOP EXECUTIVES FROM BRITAIN'S BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES.

FROM THE LAUNCH THE PARTY HAD A VIEW OF THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT AND TSING YI BRIDGE.

THEY WERE ALSO BRIEFED BY MR SHORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI ISLAND,

THE LAUNCH CONTINUED ITS WAY TO THE NEW TERRITORIES ARRIVING AT TUEN MUN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

THERE, THE MINISTER WAS BRIEFED BY MR T.S. NG, PROJECT MANAGER (TÚEN MUN), ON THE NEW TOWN AND BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF GOVERNMENT CONSULTANTS, OVE ARUP AND PARTNERS, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH-WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

QUEENSLAND MP'S SEE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR

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A GROUP OF PARLIAMENTAR IANS FROM QUEENSLAND TODAY TOURED THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR, THE BIGGEST SEABED FRESHWATER RESERVOIR IN THE WORLD.

THE 11-MEMBER PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION, LED BY MR K.B. TOMKINS, MINISTER FOR WATER RESOURCES AND ABORIGINAL AND ISLAND AFFAIRS, IS IN HONG KONG ON A FOUR-DAY VISIT IN THE COURSE OF A FACT-FINDING TOUR OF ASIAN COUNTRIES.

THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED ON THE TOUR OF THE $1 348 MILLION PROJECT BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON.

EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE VISITORS WERE GIVEN A BRIEFING IN MR TOMLINSON'S OFFICE ON WATER SUPPLIES IN HONG KONG.

THEY WERE TOLD OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT'S MOST EXTENSIVE SCHEME EVER TO CATER FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES OF WATER FROM CHINA.

THE PROJECT, COSTING MORE THAN $1 300 MILLION, WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THREE STAGES DURING THE NEXT 12 YEARS.

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