MONDAY, MAY 16, 1977
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SPECIAL WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE P.W.D.'S WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WILL PUBLISH SPECIAL WATER SITUATION REPORT EACH DAY GIVING DETAILS OF THE WATER STORAGE POSITION SO AS TO IMPRESS ON CONSUMERS THE NEED TO CONSERVE WATER AND AVOID WASTE.
MR. TOM TOMLINSON, THE P.W.D.'S PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER, SAID TODAY THE SITUATION REPORTS WOULD BE PUBLISHED EVERY DAY AS FROM TODAY (MONDAY) IN CONJUNCTION WITH WEATHER FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
+ THE DAILY REPORT WILL GIVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WATER IN STORE IN ALL RESERVOIRS WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR THE PREVIOUS CORRESPONDING PERIOD SO AS TO KEEP THE GENERAL PUBLIC UP-TO-DATE WITH THE POSITION, HE SAID.
+WE HOPE THAT BY PUBLISHING THESE FIGURES PEOPLE WILL BE MADE MORE AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND WILL TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO MINIMISE CONSUMPTION,+ HE ADDED.
MR. TOMLINSON SAID THAT AT NINE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING THE AMOUNT OF WATER IN THE RESERVOIRS STOOD AT 31,655 MILLION GALLONS WHICH WAS 47 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY.
THIS COMPARES WITH 43,396 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR WHEN THE RESERVOIRS WERE 64.4 PER CENT FULL.
ANTI-CANCER CAMPAIGN TO END THIS WEEK
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THE MONTH-LONG ANTI-CANCER CAMPAIGN WILL END THIS WEEK WITH A THREE-DAY EXHIBITION WHICH WILL BE OPENED IN THE KWUN TONG VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 18).
THE ANTI-CANCER EXHIBITION IS ONE OF A SERIES HELD ON HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
KNOWN AS CANCER AWARENESS 77, THE EXHIBITIONS HAVE ATTRACTED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS SINCE THE CAMPAIGN STARTED EARLY LAST MONTH.
THE EXHIBITION IS DESIGNED FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ALL ABOUT CANCER, THE NUMBER ONE KILLER DISEASE IN HONG KONG,
IT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, AND ASSISTED BY. THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND A NUMBER OF MEDICAL BODIES.
THE EXHIBITION FEATURES FILM SHOWS, SLIDES, PICTURES, MODELS, RECORDINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS WHICH AIM TO HELP MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT CANCER IS ALL ABOUT.
ADMISSION TO THE EXHIBITION IS FREE, AND THE ORGANISERS WILL BE ON HAND TO EXPLAIN AND DEMONSTRATE THE VARIOUS ITEMS OF EXHIBITS.