INTRODUCTION
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PART II
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ELECTRICITY
Kong
The Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd (serves Hong and Lamma Islands) and the China Light and Power Company (serves Kowloon and the New Territories) will ensure the generation and distribution of electric power in times of civil disturbance.
2.
The maintenance of electricity supply is of especial importance because of :
(a)
the dependence of services upon it; and
other essential
3.
(b)
its contribution to the maintenance of law and order by the provision of street and domestic lighting.
consumers.
Ideally, supply should be maintained over a wide area with selective cuts only on industrial However, if civil disturbances make more general reductions necessary, a high priority will be given to ensuring that the operations of hospitals, essential services and the Security Forces are affected as little as possible.
MAINTENANCE OF SUPPLY
The Threat
4.
Although the risk of strikes cannot be discounted, the primary threat to the continuance of supplies is that of sabotage carried out either internally or externally. Provided that there is no major interference with generating or distributive capacity, it is likely supplies can be maintained for the following reasons
:
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