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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1981

CONFERENCE ON HONG KONG HISTORY

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A THREE-DAY CONFERENCE ON HONG KONG HISTORY AND SOCIETY IN CHANGE WILL BE HELD AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY STARTING ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 10).

THERE WILL ALSO BE AN EXHIBITION OF HONG KONG HISTORY SOURCE ATERIALS.

THE CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION ARE BEING ORGANISED BY A COMMITTEE DRAWN MAINLY FROM FACULTIES OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING TO BE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY'S INSTITUTE OF CHINESE STUDIES STARTING AT 11.30 AM.

PRIOR TO THIS, AT 10.30 AM, A PRESS BRIEFING WILL BE HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE INSTITUTE, TO BE FOLLOWED BY A GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION.

GIVING THE BRIEFING WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE FOR ASIAN STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, DR EDWARD CHEN- THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE FOR EAST ASIAN STUDIES OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, DR TAM YUE-HIM- AND LECTURERS FROM THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, MR LIN T'IEN WEI, DR ALICE NG AND DR DAVID FAURE, WITH TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, DR JAMES HAYES, ACTING AS CHAIRMAN.

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT AT TAI TAM TUK DAM

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WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF THE STILLWAY SECTION OF TAI TAM TUK DAM WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FOR SEVEN MONTHS TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT.

HOWEVER, NORMAL TRAFFIC WILL BE MAINTAINED AS THE NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE CONVERTED INTO A ONE LANE TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.