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MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1985

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VISIT TO AIRPORT FIRE CONTINGENT

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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS ARRANGING A PRESS VISIT TO THE AIRPORT FIRE CONTINGENT TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT 10 AM.

THE TOUR, ARRANGED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE TO THE AIRPORT MAIN FIRE STATION TO SEE THE SPECIALISED FIRE APPLIANCES AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT.

NOTE TO EDITORS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO COVER THE EVENT SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT PRESS ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING BY 9.40 AM. GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.

OFF FOR TALKS ON WEATHER

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THE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR PATRICK SHAM, LEFT HONG KONG THIS MORNING TO ATTEND THE EIGHTEENTH SESSION OF THE ESCAP-WMO TYPHOON COMMITTEE IN BEIJING,

THE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE WORK IT DID THIS YEAR IN PROMOTING AND CO-ORDINATING EFFORTS TO MINIMISE TYPHOON DAMAGE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.

THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO FORMULATE THE MEDIUM- TO LONG-TERM PLANS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE WARNING SERVICES TO MITIGATE DAMAGE CAUSED BY TYPHOONS.

MR SHAM WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON OCTOBER 15.

YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL SITE FOR JAPANESE FIRM

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A JAPANESE COMPANY TODAY (MONDAY) SIGNED A CONTRACT AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 15 000 SQUARE METRES OF LAND AT THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

THE PRESIDENT OF NIPPON HUME CONCRETE (HK) LIMITED,

MR HIROSHI MIZOBE, THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR JOHN YAXLEY, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CORPORATION, MR LI FOOK-WO, ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.

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