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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1981
ROYAL COLLEGE OF DEFENCE STUDIES GROUP VISIT NEW TERRITORIES
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A 12-MEMBER GROUP FROM BRITAIN'S ROYAL COLLEGE OF DEFENCE STUDIES VISITED TAI PO AND AN ANCESTRAL HALL IN TAI WAI, SHA TIN, TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE GROUP, LED BY AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ROBERT FREER, COMPRISES SENIOR MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT OFFICERS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY, FRANCE, AUSTRALIA AND ITALY.
THEY ARRIVED IN HONG KONG ON SEPTEMBER 30 FOR A ONE-WEEK VISIT AS PART OF THEIR FAR EAST TOUR.
THE IR VISIT PROGRAMME TODAY BEGAN WITH BRIEFINGS AT TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICKY LO.
AFTERWARDS THE GROUP TOURED TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND WERE BRIEFED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR VIC MILLER, AND THE COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR, MR P.K. WONG.
IN THE AFTERNOON THE GROUP TOURED SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND WERE BRIEFED ON DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, AND THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR KENNETH KWOK.
THE GROUP ALSO VISITED THE WAI FAMILY ANCESTRAL HALL AT TAI WAI WHERE THEY WERE GREETED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR WAI HON-LEUNG.
THE ANCESTRAL HALL WAS BUILT IN THE MING DYNASTY MORE THAN 300 YEARS AGO AND WAS RENOVATED LAST YEAR.
THE GROUP WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON OCTOBER 6 FOR LONDON.
WEAK WATER PRESSURE
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CERTAIN PREMISES IN MONG KOK AND YAU MA TEI WILL EXPERIENCE WEAK WATER PRESSURE BETWEEN 10 PM TOMORROW (OCTOBER 3) AND 6 AM ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 4) WHEN REPAIR WORK IS CARRIED OUT ON RESERVOIR VALVES.
THE AFFECTED BUILDINGS ARE BOUNDED BY SOY STREET, JORDAN ROAD AND NATHAN ROAD.
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