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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1974.
SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICERS RETIRING
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TWO OFFICERS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL BE RETIRING SHORTLY, ONE AFTER 25 YEARS SERVICE AND THE OTHER AFTER 11 YEARS SERVICE.
THEY ARE MR. CHEUNG CHIN, ASSISTANT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, WHO HAS BEEN IN THE FIELD SINCE MARCH 1949 AND MR. PAUL CHING WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT SINCE SEPTEMBER 1963.
TOMORROW (FRIDAY), THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MISS ANNIE CHAN, WILL PRESENT SOUVENIRS TO MR. CHEUNG AND MR. CHING AT THE ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE IN VELFARE ROAD, WONG CHUK HANG, ABERDEEN, AT 4.30 P.M.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE PRESENTATION.
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY C THURSDAY) STOOD AT 33,465 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 49.7 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 64,321 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 25,648 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 49,365 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 50.8 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.
A TOTAL OF 14.2 H.M. (0.56 IN.) OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 1,388 M.M. (54.65 IN.).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,049.1 M.M. (89.67 IN.), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 32.3 PER CENT.
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