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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1974
REFUSE COLLECTION POINT WITH A DIFFERENCE
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A NEW TYPE OF OFF-STREET REFUSE COLLECTION POINT IS TO BE BUILT IN TSIM SHA TSUI AT THE JUNCTION OF MINDEN ROW AND THE PATH LEADING TO SIGNAL HILL.
COSTING OVER $170,000, THE COLLECTION POINT WILL BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN KOWLOON.
SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL BE TAKEN TO PROVIDE THROUGH VENTILATION SO AS TO ELIMINATE OBNOXIOUS ODOUR. UNLIKE THE ORDINARY TYPE, IT WILL BE COMPLETELY ROOFED WITH OPENINGS ON THE WALLS.
ANOTHER FEATURE OF THE 1,260-SQUARE-FOOT COLLECTION POINT IS THAT ITS EXTERNAL WALLS WILL BE STUDDED WITH COLOURED TILES.
CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 AM TODAY (FRIDAY) STOOD AT 54,421 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 80.9 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 59,005 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 38,470 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 45,959 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 76.2 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 AM TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 2,112.3 MM (83.16 IN).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,119.5 MM (83.44 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 0.34 PER CENT.
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