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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1985

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COUNCIL TO DISCUSS COMMITTEE SET-UP

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THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL MEET ON FRIDAY (JUNE 21) TO DECIDE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS COMMITTEES AND DISCUSS ISSUES CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHER MATTERS.

THE COUNCIL IS TO APPOINT THREE SELECT COMMITTEES IN ADDITION TO HAVING ONE DISTRICT COMMITTEE IN EACH OF THE NINE DISTRICTS IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS. AT THE MEETING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE ON THE PROCEDURE FOR THE SETTING UP OF THE COMMITTEES.

THE MEETING WILL ALSO DISCUSS PROPOSALS TO AMEND A PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE THAT GOVERNS THE MANNER IN WHICH LICENCES, REGISTRATIONS AND PERMITS ARE TO BE GRANTED, RENEWED, REFUSED, SUSPENDED OR CANCELLED.

OTHER ITEMS TO COME UP AT THE MEETING INCLUDE A BILL DEFINING THE ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, A POLICY PAPER ON ABATTOIRS AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES, FEE INCREASES FOR THE YUEN LONG STADIUM AND OTHER MATTERS CONCERNING THE FACILITIES AND SERVICES OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

IT WILL BE THE COUNCIL'S FOURTH MEETING SINCE IT WAS SET UP IN APRIL.

TIME CORRECTION ***

AT 8 AM ON JULY 1, 1985 THE USUAL 6-PIP TIME SIGNAL FROM THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, HONG KONG WILL NOT BE BROADCAST. IT WILL RESUME AT 8.15 AM.

THIS IS TO ENABLE A CORRECTION TO BE APPLIED WHICH WILL RESULT IN A DELAY OF ONE SECOND TO THE RESUMED TIME SIGNAL, AN OBSERVATORY SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED TODAY.

THIS CORRECTION ARISES FROM THE FACT THAT THE TIME SCALE NOW IN USE, KNOWN AS THE COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC), IS BASED ON THE ATOMIC TIME SCALE WHICH PROVIDES A MORE PRECISE AND UNIFORM SECOND THAN THAT DERIVED BY ASTRONOMICAL MEANS. IT HAS BEEN INTERNATIONALLY AGREED THAT A CORRECTION OF ONE SECOND SHOULD BE APPLIED FROM TIME TO TIME SO THAT THE COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC) WILL NOT DIFFER FROM THE ASTRONOMICAL TIME BY MORE THAN NINE-TENTHS OF A SECOND.

THE LAST CORRECTION WAS MADE ON JULY 1, 1983.

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