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MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1975
THE KUK SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM RECRUITING AS PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED PERSONNEL WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK TRAINING AND THE DAPTIST COLLEGE.
DURING THE MEETING, THE DIRECTORS ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH MR. LEE THE INCIDENT EARLY THIS MORNING IN WHICH SEVEN GIRLS TRIED TO RUN AWAY FROM THE KUK.
HE WAS TOLD THAT THE GIRLS HAD TRIED TO RUN AWAY BECAUSE THEY WANTED MORE FREEDOM SUCH AS BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT, AND ACTIVITIES IN WHICH TO OCCUPY THEMSELVES.
MR. LEE EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN ABOUT THE INCIDENT, BUT RECOGNISED THAT THE KUK, LIKE OTHER WELFARE ORGANISATIONS, WAS PROVIDING A SERVICE TO THOSE WHO WANTED TO BE HELPED AND TO BENEFIT FROM THE SERVICE. THERE WAS NO WAY IN WHICH AN ORGANISATION COULD IMPOSE HELP ON THOSE WHO PERSISTENTLY REFUSED TO BE HELPED. HE ADVISED THAT THE KUK SHOULD CONSIDER PROVIDING MORE POSITIVE SUPERVISION AND MORE ACTIVE PROGRAMMES FOR THE GIRLS AND CHILDREN IN CARE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KUK AGREED AND SAID THEY WERE TAKING UP HIS EARLIER SUGGESTION OF PROVIDING MORE SPORTS AND OTHER OUTLETS FOR THE GIRLS.
WEEKLY WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS IN HONG KONG AS AT 9 A.M. THIS (MONDAY) MORNING WAS 42,943 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 63.8 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67.300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE STORAGE FIGURE WAS 38,291 MILLION GALLONS.
PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR ALONE HELD 33,621 MILLION GALLONS THIS MORNING. THIS REPRESENTS 66.6 PER CENT OF ITS TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS AND WAS UP SLIGHTLY ON LAST YEAR'S STORAGE WHICH WAS 30,809 MILLION GALLONS.
A TRACE OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DUR ING THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. TOTAL
RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 193.1 MM (7.60 IN).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR IS 269.1 MM (10.59 IN).
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