WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1976
HE POINTED OUT THAT HE HAD CONDUCTED A PRIVATE AND LIMITED CONSULTATION AMONG INTEREST PARTIES ON HIS PROPOSAL, +AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE ENTHUSIASTIC AND ALMOST UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR THE CHANGE.
+THESE INCLUDE REPLIES FROM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, THE TWO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANIES, THE MAJOR TRADE ASSOCIATIONS, THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, THE TWO UNIVERSITIES AND THE POLYTECHNIC, THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, THE TRAMWAYS, THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND THE LARGER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS.
+THE HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY LTD. IS ABOUT THE ONLY ONE THAT SUGGESTED RESERVATION AND CAUTION BEFORE A CHANGE IS MADE,+ MR. WU SAID.
IN SUPPORTING MR. WU'S PROPOSAL THE HON. PETER WILLIAMS SAID THE EXISTING VOLTAGE IN HONG KONG IS HARDLY TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.+
+HOWEVER, HE CAUTIONED, +WE MUST BE SURE THAT INDUSTRY IS NOT DISRUPTED WHERE SPECIÁLISED EQUIPMENT MAY NOT BE EASILY ADAPTED TO THE CHANGE AND RESERVATIONS, SUCH AS THOSE OF THE TELEPHONE COMPANY, MUST BE HEARD AND CAREFULLY CONSIDERED.+
HE SAID MR. WU MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT OPTIMISTIC IN HOPING FOR
A CHANGE BY JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR, BUT HE ADDED : +IT IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO DIRECT OUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER AND RAISE OUR SUPPLY VOLTAGE TO THAT OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.+
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