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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1974.
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (TUESDAY) STOOD AT 48,017 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 71.3 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 62,615 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 31,641 HILLJON GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 48,372 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 62.7 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.
9.8 M.M. C0.39 IN. 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 1,865 IN (73.43 INɔ,
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,076.4 M.M. (81.75 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 10.2 PER CENT.
RHK EXTENDING CHINESE NEWS SERVICE ******
RADIO HONG KONG WILL BE PUTTING OUT THREE ADDITIONAL NEWS BULLETINS IN CHINESE WHEN IT BEGINS ITS AUTUMN SCHEDULE ON SUNDAY COCTOBER 27).
THE NEW BULLETINS WILL BE BROADCAST ON RHK ONE AND TWO AT 6.45 AM, 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE 6.45 AM BULLETIN WILL BE A BBC RELAY WHILE THE OTHER TWO WILL BE PREPARED BY RHK'S OWN NEWS ROOM.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RADIO HONG KONG SA ID: +WE FEEL THAT PEOPLE SUITCH FROM TELEVISION TO RADIO BEFORE THEY GO TO BED AND WE WISH TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN ADDITIONAL UP TO DATE NEWS SERVICE.+
RHK'S ONE AND TWO MAIN NEWS BULLETINS WILL THEREFORE BE BROADCAST AT 6.45 AM, 8 AM, 1 PM, 6 PM, 7 PM, 9 PM AND HIDNIGHT. DURING THE REST OF THE TIME, THE TWO CHANNELS WILL BE PROVIDING NEWS SUMMARIES ON THE HOUR.
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