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SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1983

REMAINS IN NT PUBLIC CEMETERIES DUE FOR EXHUMATION

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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY URGED THE PUBLIC TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO EXHUME THEIR RELATIVES' REMAINS BURIED IN 1976 IN FOUR PUBLIC CEMETERIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE FOUR CEMETERIES ARE THE WO HOP SHEK, SANDY RIDGE, SANDY RIDGE URN AND CHEUNG CHAU CEMETERIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD SAID.

IF NO SUCH ACTION IS TAKEN, THE REMAINS WILL BE EXHUMED AND CREMATED BY NTSD OFFICIALS FOR REBURYING IN THE SANDY RIDGE URN OR SOME OTHER URN CEMETERIES.

THIS PROCEDURE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHEUNG CHAU CEMETERY, SANDY RIDGE CEMETERY, SANDY RIDGE URN CEMETERY AND WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY (REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF HUMAN REMAINS) ORDER 1983, PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

TO CARRY OUT THE EXHUMATION AND REBURIAL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD APPLY FOR AN EXHUMATION PERMIT AT THE CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA OFFICE OF THE NTSD AT NO. 6 CHEONG HANG ROAD, HUNG HOM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE EXHUMED REMAINS MAY BE REBURIED IN THE URN SECTION OF A PUBLIC CEMETERY.

THEY MAY ALSO BE CREMATED FOR STORAGE IN A NICHE IN A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE COLUMBARIUM OR FOR KEEPING AT HOME.

AIR TRANSPORTATION CONFERENCE

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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, MR TREVOR THORPE, WILL LEAVE FOR MONTREAL, CANADA TOMORROW (SUNDAY) TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION CONFERENCE TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK.

THE THEME OF THE CONFERENCE IS THE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS.

SPECIFIC SUBJECTS ON WHICH PAPERS WILL BE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSIONS HELD INCLUDE THE IMPACT OF STRETCHED WIDE-BODIED AIRCRAFT ON EXISTING AIRPORT FACILITIES, THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC GROWTH ON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS, MODE TRANSFER AT AIRPORTS AND THE EFFECT OF ADVANCED AIRCRAFT OF THE '90S ON AIR TRANSPORT GENERALLY,

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