(ix) Mr. D. S. FERGUSON, Land Drainage & Irrigation Adviser of the Ministry of Overseas Development, also visited Hong Kong in November and discussed Agricultural, Irrigation and Land Drainage Planning problems with officers of the Agricultural & Fisheries Department and of this Department.
(x) Mr. W. DOWNIE, Assistant Chief Engineer (Engineering Intelligence) was yet another visitor in November, when he inspected the Lion Rock Tunnel.
(xi) In the same month Messrs. W. S. BRAKE and W. F. Neville, Assistant Deputy Chief Engineer (Road Design) and Divisional Engineer respectively of the Country Roads Board of Victoria, Australia, visited the Waterfront Road project and the Garden Road complex.
(xii) A regular visitor to Hong Kong is Mr. S. E. H. FORD whose firm, Messrs. Binnie & Partners, has been responsible for the design and construction of various water projects in Hong Kong. This year he was here in November and again in February 1968 and on each occasion he visited the Plover Cove reservoir as well as discussing water schemes in the Colony with senior officers of this Department.
(xiii) The Right Honourable Anthony BARBER, T.D., M.P., accompanied by his wife, visited Hong Kong in January. He had discussions with the Director of Public Works and the Director of Water Supplies, inspected maps, etc. in the Crown Lands and Survey Office and visited some Resettlement and Government Low Cost Housing Estates.
(xiv) Other visitors included Dr. Sulabha BRAHME, an economist from India; four members of the Bureau of Public Highways of Manila; Dr. S. H. SHAW of the Ministry of Overseas Development; Mr. E. DAVIS, editor of the U.K. magazine 'Traffic Engineering and Control'; several members of the Road Research Laboratory, Germany; and Mr. H. W. HUNT, editor of the American magazine 'Civil Engineering'.
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(ix) Mr. D. S. FERGUSON, Land Drainage & Irrigation Adviser of the Ministry of Overseas Development, also visited Hong Kong in November and discussed Agricultural, Irrigation and Land Drainage Planning problems with officers of the Agricultural & Fisheries Department and of this Department.
(x). Mr. W. DOWNIE, Assistant Chief Engineer (Engineering Intelligence) was yet another visitor in November, when he inspected the Lion Rock Tunnel.
(xi) In the same month Messrs. W. S. BRAKE and W. F. Neville, Assistant Deputy Chief Engineer (Road Design) and Divisional Engineer respectively of the Country Roads Board of Victoria, Australia, visited the Waterfront Road project and the Garden Road complex.
(xii) A regular visitor to Hong Kong is Mr. S. E. H. FORD whose firm, Messrs. Binnie & Partners, has been responsible for the design and construction of various water projects in Hong Kong. This year he was here in November and again in February 1968 and on each occasion he visited the Plover Cove reservoir as well as discussing water schemes in the Colony with senior officers of this Department.
(xiii) The Right Honourable Anthony BARBER, T.D., M.P., accom- panied by his wife, visited Hong Kong in January. He had discussions with the Director of Public Works and the Director of Water Supplies, inspected maps, etc. in the Crown Lands and Survey Office and visited some Resettlement and Govern- ment Low Cost Housing Estates.
(xiv) Other visitors included Dr. Sulabha BRAHME, an economist from India; four members of the Bureau of Public Highways of Manila; Dr. S. H. SHAW of the Ministry of Overseas Development; Mr. E. DAVIS, editor of the U.K. magazine 'Traffic Engineering and Control'; several members of the Road Research Laboratory, Germany; and Mr. H. W. HUNT, editor of the American magazine 'Civil Engineering'.
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