FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1975
POPULATION ESTIMATED AT 4.36 MILLION
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THE ESTIMATED POPULATION AT THE END OF JUNE 1975 WAS 4,366,600, THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS ANNOUNCED TODAY. THE ESTIMATE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 3,039 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN CAMPS HERE AT THAT TIME.
THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 37,700 OVER A REVISED END-YEAR 1974 ESTIMATE. THE BALANCE OF BIRTHS OVER DEATHS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1975 WAS 26,390. THE REMAINDER OF THE INCREASE REPRESENTS THE BALANCE OF MOVEMENTS INTO AND OUT OF HONG KONG, GIVING A NET INFLOW OF 11,304 PERSONS OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BIRTHS FOR THIS FIRST HALF-YEAR WAS 37,211 WHICH WAS 533 LESS THAN IN THE FIRST HALF-YEAR OF 1974.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS FOR THE SAME PERIOD WAS 10,821
COMPARED TO 11,937 IN THE PREVIOUS FIRST HALF-YEAR.
THE FIGURES OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS ARE BASED UPON EVENTS OCCURRING RATHER THAN UPON REGISTRATIONS MADE AND THEREFORE DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THOSE RELEASED BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL.
SERVICE RESERVOIR FOR SHA TIN
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WORK WILL SOON START ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR AT TUNG LO WAN, SHA TIN, TO COPE WITH THE FUTURE WATER DEMANDS OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
THE CONSTRUCTION WORK, BEING THE SECOND PHASE OF THE SHA TIN WATER SUPPLY STAGE 1 PROJECT, COMPRISES THE BUILDING OF A FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR, AND THE LAYING OF A 762 MM DIAMTER INLET MAIN AND A 813 MM DIAMETER OUTLET MAIN.
THE SERVICE RESERVOIR WILL HAVE A TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY OF EIGHT MILLION GALLONS. WHEN COMPLETED, IT WILL SUPPLY WATER TO TO NORTH SHA TIN AREA, MAINLY WO CHE ESTATE.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE INVITED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE. THE CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT MONTH AND WILL TAKE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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