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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1985

ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SUCH A DEFLECTOGRAPH SURVEY HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT IN HONG KONG ITS IMPORTANCE HAS BEEN RECOGNISED FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN BRITAIN.

+ IN SOME PARTS OF BRITAIN LOCAL AUTHORITIES WILL NOT PROVIDE MONEY FOR MOTORWAY REPAIRS UNLESS A DEFLECTOGRAPH SURVEY HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT, MR TEAGUE SAID.

+SUCH A SURVEY IN HONG KONG MAY COST MONEY IN THE SHORT TERM, BUT IN THE LONG TERM IT WILL SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY TAKING THE UNCERTAINTY OUT OF THE ROAD MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME. +

RE-APPOINTMENT TO KCRC BOARD

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A GAZETTE NOTICE TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF MR DAVID K.P. LI AND MR J.A. RICHARDSON TO THE BOARD OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS FROM DECEMBER 1, 1985.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD IS MR H.M.G. FORSGATE AND OTHER MEMBERS ARE MR CHAN KAM-CHUEN, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, MR ALFRED TSO SHIU-WAI, MR SAMUEL WONG PING-WAI, THE SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE CORPORATION.

RO OFFICERS ATTEND TROPICAL CYCLONES WORKSHOP

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THREE OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY RETURNED TO HONG KONG TODAY (FRIDAY) AFTER ATTENDING A SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TROPICAL CYCLONES IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.

THIS WORKSHOP, HELD FROM NOVEMBER 25 TO DECEMBER 5, WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECASTERS, RESEARCHERS AND WARNING SPECIALISTS FROM ALL OCEANS AFFECTED BY TROPICAL CYCLONES GATHERED TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE.

THE GOAL OF THE WORKSHOP WAS TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE OF TROPICAL CYCLONES AND LATEST TRENDS IN THE FORECASTING AND WARNING OF TROPICAL CYCLONES FROM AN INTEGRATED GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.

MR ROBERT LAU, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND MR C.Y. LAM, SENIOR SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, WERE SPONSORED BY THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION TO ATTEND THE WORKSHOP AS INVITED EXPERTS. BOTH OF THEM PARTICIPATED IN THE REVIEW OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE PROBLEM.

/MRS HILDA LAM,