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MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1974
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (DECEMBER 2) STOOD AT 53,752 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 79.9 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67.300 MILLION GALLONS. TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 56,505 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
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THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 38,493 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 44,338 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.
19.3 MM (0.76 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 2,135.3 MM (84.07 1N).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,141.0 MM (84.29 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 0.3 PER CENT.
CAMP FOR SCHOOL DROPOUTS
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A THREE-DAY CAMP WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK FOR A GROUP OF 25 YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN 13 AND 16 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE NEITHER AT SCHOOL NOR AT WORK.
THE CAMP WILL BE HELD FROM TUESDAY TO THURSDAY AT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH CAMP SITE IN SHING MUN ROAD, TSUEN WAN.
ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT'S WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER IN WESTERN, THE AIM OF THE CAMP IS TO GIVE THESE CHILDREN A CHANCE TO LEARN TO LIVE AND CO-OPERATE WITH OTHERS.
THE PROGRAMME AND ACTIVITIES WILL ALSO HELP THEM BUILD UP THEIR SELF-CONFIDENCE, POTENTIAL AND ABILITIES, AS WELL AS SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY.
THOSE WHO ARE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CAMP HAVE BEEN CHOSEN WITH THE HELP OF SCHOOLS AND OTHER WELFARE AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICT.
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