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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1974.
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 54,477 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 80.9 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 58,553 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 38,730 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 45,653 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 76.7 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.
TRACES OF 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 2,125 MM (83.66 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 0.6 PER CENT..
TRAVEL FIGURES UP SLIGHTLY
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A TOTAL OF 8,167,398 TRAVELLERS ENTERED OR LEFT HONG KONG IN THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.
THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF ONLY 1.52 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR WHEN THE NUMBER WAS 8,045,052.
THE FIGURES INCLUDE TRAVELLERS BY AIR, LAND AND SEA BUT EXCLUDE TRANSIENTS AND PERSONS REFUSED PERMISSION TO LAND,