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With regard
The second part relates to contingency planning for
the second part of Mr. POON's question,
large-scale blackouts The power companies have established
procedures designed to restore power to affected areas as
quickly as possible. Priority is, however, given to essential
le services including the Mass Transit Railway, Kowloon-Canton ste
lele Kailway and the Airport. Key government buildings such
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hospitals and police stations have their own standby
generators to ensure the maintenance of essential electricity
and the Fire Services
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supply during any power loss. The Police/with their-
Police
—responsibility for maintaining law and order and the Fire
-Services who are equipped with lift keys to cope with people
trapped in lifts have shown that they can respond effectively
to any large scale power blackouts.
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Finally, Sir, with regard to
the last past relates to measures
elates to measures to prevent power
failures. The power companies have always been very
conscious of their responsibility to provide a reliable
electricity supply to their consumers. All reasonable
measures are taken to minimise power failures, such
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use of reliable equipment and back-up facilities, a regular
maintenance programme and timely replacement of aging and
overloaded equipment. In addition, 'consumers are advised to
rectify any faults found in their own installations.
implementation of all these measures has enabled the
companies to maintain a very good record in terms of supply
reliability. Although minor localised blackouts inevitably
occur from time to time, large-scale power failures have,
fortunately, been an extremely rare occurrence in Hong Kong.