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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1986
+THE LABORATORY IS CURRENTLY EXPANDING ITS CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR MEASUREMENT STANDARDS IN MASS, LENGTH AND FORCE. FURTHER EXPANSION OF THE STANDARDS AND ASSOCIATED CALIBRATION SERVICES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN AS ADDITIONAL NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED.+
REGARDING ADVISORY POLICY AND TECHNICAL INPUT TO HOKLAS, HE SAID THEY WERE PROVIDED RESPECTIVELY BY THE SCHEME'S TWO STEERING COMMITTEES - THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON LABORATORY ACCREDITATION (ACLA) AND THE INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT BOARD (TAB).
MR EVANS IS ATTENDING THE FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE TOGETHER WITH DR JOSHUA WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ITAB OF HOKLAS.
ROYAL VISIT GOLD COIN APPLICATION PROCESSING COMPLETED
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THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR ROYAL VISIT GOLD COINS HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND BOTH SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE ISSUE HAD BEEN HEAVILY OVERSUBSCRIBED. SOME 38 800 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED OF WHICH 20 900 WERE FOR PROOF COINS WHILE THE REMAINING 17 900 WERE FOR THE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED VERSION.
A TOTAL OF 9 500 PROOF AND 12 500 UNCIRCULATED COINS WERE AVAILABLE FOR SALE TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS. THESE FIGURES REPRESENT AN INCREASE OF 2 000 COINS FOR EACH VERSION OVER THE NUMBER OF TIGER COINS WHICH WERE SOLD LOCALLY.
ABOUT 2 900 DUPLICATE APPLICATIONS WERE REJECTED BY COMPUTER PRIOR TO BALLOTING.
THE 1986 ROYAL VISIT GOLD COIN IS ONE OF A SET OF 14 HONG KONG COMMEMORATIVE GOLD COINS, COMMENCING WITH THE 1975
ROYAL VISIT AND CONTINUING WITH THE LUNAR YEAR SERIES WHICH WILL BE COMPLETE NEXT YEAR THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT.
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