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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1982

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ELECTRIC TRAINS TO SHA TIN RACECOURSE *****

THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL ONCE AGAIN RUN ELECTRIC TRAINS TO THE SHA TIN RACECOURSE DURING THE NEXT TWO RACE MEETINGS TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 13), AND ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 17).

A KCR SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT ACCORDING TO EXPERIENCE GAINED DURING THE PAST FEW RACE MEETINGS HELD AT THE SHA TIN RACECOURSE, THE ELECTR IF IED SERVICE HAD PROVED ITS WORTH AS MOST RACEGOERS FOUND IT CONVENIENT, FAST AND COMFORTABLE.

+ IN VIEW OF ITS POPULARITY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND THE ELECTRIFIED SERVICE TO THE RACECOURSE STATION ON RACE DAYS,+ HE ADDED.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO URGED RACING FANS TO BUY RETURN TICKETS IN ADVANCE STARTING FROM WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 10) FOR THE DAY MEETING ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 13) AND FROM NEXT MONDAY (NOVEMBER 15) FOR THE NIGHT RACING ON NOVEMBER 17.

FIRE SERVICES DIRECTOR OFF TO JAPAN FOR CONFERENCE

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THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR F.M. WATSON, AND CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, MR LAM LOK-BUN, HAVE LEFT FOR JAPAN TO ATTEND THE 12TH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CHIEFS' ASSOCIATION OF ASIA, THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE WILL LAST UNTIL FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 12).

DURING THE ABSENCE OF MR WATSON, MR ROBERT HOLMES WILL ACT IN HIS PLACE AS DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES.