FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1974.
OVERSEAS INVESTMENT IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN WELCOMED
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, TUEN MUN, MR. DAVID LAN, TODAY SAID HE WOULD WELCOME AMERICAN INVESTMENT IN THE NEW TOWN OF TUEN MUN.
ADDRESSING A GROUP OF ABOUT 150 AMERICAN REAL ESTATE AGENTS VISITING HONG KONG, HR. LAN SAID IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENION THAT TUEN MUN SHOULD BE THE HOME FOR EXECUTIVES, ENGINEERS, SCHOLARS AND ENTREPRENEURS, AS WELL AS BLUE-COLLAR AND JUNIOR OFFICE WORKERS= ALL FORMING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE NEW TOWN.
PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID, HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN HELPING TO BUILD THE NEW TOWN, WHICH EVENTUALLY WILL BE SELF-CONTAINED WITH ADEQUATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
+FOR THIS REASON,+ MR. LAN ADDED, +LAND HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE AND MORE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.+
UPON COMPLETION, TUEN MUN NEW TOWN WILL COVER A TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 2,700 ACRES, ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF WHICH WILL BE RECLAIMED FROM THE SEABED IN CASTLE PEAK BAY.
ALSO ADDRESSING THE VISITING LAND AGENTS WAS THE DISTRICT OFFICER, SAI KUNG, MR. CLIVE OXLEY, WHO SPOKE ON VILLAGE LIFE- IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (FRIDAY) STOOD AT 48,584 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 72.2 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 62,175 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
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THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 32,279 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 48,135 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 63.9 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.
NO 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 1,865.4 MM C73.44 IN).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,081.2 HM (81.94 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 10.4 PER CENT.
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