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MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1975
RESERVOIRS 93 PER CENT FULL ******
A TOTAL OF 62,450 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER WAS IN STORE
IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. THIS (MONDAY) MORNING, REPRESENTING 92.8 PER CENT OF THE FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS.
ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR THE TOTAL STORAGE WAS ONLY 55,861 MILLION GALLONS.
PLOVER COVE, HONG KONG'S BIGGEST RESERVOIR, HELD 48,571 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 96.2 PER CENT OF ITS FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS, AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, IT HELD 40,386 MILLION GALLONS.
TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR STANDS AT 3,028.5 MM (119.23 IN). THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL THIS YEAR IS 2,152.4 MM (84.74 IN).
DDSW TO PRESENT PRIZES AT COLLEGE SPORTS MEET
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NOTE TO EDITORS:-
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE MR. MORRIS MORGAN, WILL PRESENT PRIZES AT THE ANNUAL ATHLETICS MEETING OF THE JU CHING CHU ENGLISH COLLEGE AT THE TSUEN WAN SPORTS GROUND ON. WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 17) AT 4 P.M.
COPIES OF HIS SPEECH WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE G.I.S. PRESS ROOM ON THAT DAY.
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