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Colour Sergeant Billy Paterson, captain of the Royal Highlanders, said his men are looking forward to the match. "It's a privilege for us to have been drawn to play the PLA and we expect an exciting match," he said. "We're also hoping that after the game we can share a few refreshments with them."

Also attending this historic match will be Commander British Forces, Major General Bryan Dutton, and the Commanding Officer of IBW, Lieutenant Colonel Alasdair Louden. Over 50 supporters from the Battalion are expected be on hand to cheer their team on.

The British Forces and the PLA previously met at Borneo Lines, Sek Kong, in April 1996, when they combined forces in a rugby match against the visiting Kidderminster Carolians.

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Water storage figure

Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Monday) stood at 78.4 per cent of capacity or 459.317 million cubic metres.

This time last year the reservoirs contained 462.438 million cubic metres of water, representing 78.9 per cent of capacity.

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Flushing water cut in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay

Flushing water supply to some premises in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay will be suspended from 11 pm on March 20 (Thursday) to 6 am the following day for alteration works on watermains.

The suspension will affect all premises bounded by Convention Avenue, Fenwick Pier Street. Arsenal Street, Lockhart Road. Percival Street, Leighton Road, Gloucester Road and Hung Hing Road.

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