PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
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m.kWh lighting, 5.2 m.kWh public lighting, 139.9 m.kWh bulk power and 343.8 m.kWh domestic and commercial power.
Charges for electricity range from 28 cents to 15.4 cents a unit for lighting and 12 cents to 11.4 cents a unit for power. These rates are subject to a variable fuel surcharge which at the end of the year was four per cent. Special rates are quoted for the bulk supply of industrial power.
China Light and Power Company Limited supplies electricity to Kowloon and the New Territories, including Lantau and a number of outlying islands. The generating station is at Hok Yuen, along- side the harbour facing Kowloon Bay, and a further 60 MW turbo-alternator and associated- boiler were commissioned there during the year, giving a total installed capacity of 362.5 MW. The maximum demand reached 297 MW-an increase of 20.24
per cent.
One more turbo-alternator in course of erection will complete 'B' station and work is already well advanced on 'C' station at the same site with plans drawn up to provide 662.5 MW of total installed capacity at Hok Yuen.
The 66 kV oil-filled cable system operating at 33 kV was con- siderably extended during the year and now supplies Sha Tin treatment works by cables through the railway tunnel, Tai Po and Tai Po Tau pumping station. 132 kV cables supply Kwun Tong but operation is at 33 kV until early 1966. Supplies for Sham Shui Po and Tsuen Wan are scheduled to be made at 66 kV in the coming
year.
Under the company's subsidized electrification scheme, an addi- tional 114 villages were given overhead supply during the year ended 30th September 1964 bringing the total of villages then connected to 368.
At 30th September 1964 there were 288,537 consumers, a 19.7 per cent increase, 1,583 m.kWh had been generated and 1,347.3 million sold, increases of 17.9 per cent and 16.18 per cent respec- tively. Units sold were made up of 243.5 m.kWh lighting, 7.6 m.kWh public lighting, 498 m.kWh ordinary power and 598.2 m.kWh bulk power supplies. Charges for electricity a unit are lighting 29 cents, ordinary power 14 cents, domestic cooking 13 cents, with discounts granted for large consumption and special rates quoted for bulk supplies. The normal supply is 50 cycles, AC, 200 volts single