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香港政府
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
Sunday, December 30, 1973
SAVE-FUEL DRIVE UNAFFECTED BY COLD SPELL
The current cold weather has not meant any slackening in the momentum of the government's drive to economise on the use of fuel.
In government buildings that are centrally heated, the temperature has been reduced by several degrees as one way of cutting back on the
amount of fuel consumed. Where the heating is operated on a zone system, arrangements have been made for the heating to be switched off whenever
the zones are not being used.
In buildings not centrally heated, electric heaters are normally
distributed freely to each office with the onset of the colder weather..
However, because of the world fuel situation, heaters are now only issued
on request and in some cases the decision is made by the head of the department. At the same time, a number of civil servants are breaking away
from the traditional shirt and tie mode of dress and turning to warmer "rall neck" sweaters and jackets.
The staff of at least one government department has quickly adapted to the rather colder conditions by switching to the "new mode of dress,".
thus obviating the need to resort to electric heaters.
It is too early at this stage to gauge the amount of electricity saved by these and other economy measures being adopted throughout the government, but it is expected to be well above the target figure of a
15 per cent reduction in fuel consumption.
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Issued by Government Information Servior,
ofwild House Hong Kong Tel: 5-2301-**
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