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TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1993

DR LEE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE ISRAEL CONSULATE- GENERAL IN HONG KONG AND FAO FOR THEIR HELP IN BRINGING ABOUT THE STUDY VISIT.

THE DELEGATION INCLUDES SIX MARKETING ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS. DR LEE HOPED THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE TERRITORY'S AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND MARKETING MANAGEMENT.

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INT'L TRANSPORT STUDY GROUP VISITS HK

UNION

A DELEGATION OF ABOUT 300 MEMBERS OF THE DES TRANSPORTS PUBLICS (UITP) WILL ARRIVE IN HONG (WEDNESDAY) ON A FOUR-DAY STUDY TOUR.

INTERNATIONALE

TOMORROW

KONG

1885, IS THE

THE UNION, FOUNDED IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM IN PREMIER INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR THE STUDY OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

THE UNION IS TO HOLD ITS 50TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IN SYDNEY IN MAY AND MEMBERS ARE TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY 'TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC TRANSPORT STUDY TOUR OF HONG KONG.

THE STUDY TOUR PROGRAMME HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY A CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR RICHARD MEAKIN, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT IN HONG KONG.

WHILE IN HONG KONG, THE DELEGATES WILL LEARN HOW THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN HONG KONG OPERATES, THE ROAD AND TRANSPORT

INFRASTRUCTURES.

THE DELEGATES WILL VISIT THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY, THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT, THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION, THE HONGKONG TRAMWAYS, THE PEAK TRAM, AND SOME TRANSPORT INFRASTUCTURES INCLUDING THE TSUEN WAN MTR/BUS INTERCHANGE, THE SHING MUN TUNNELS, THE SHA TIN TOWN PLAZA, THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL AND THE LAM TIN INTERCHANGE.

THE DELEGATION WILL LEAVE HONG KONG FOR SYDNEY IN

THE

EVENING

OF MAY 1.

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