THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1977
TOURISTS ASKED TO SAVE THE IR BIT
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IN VIEW OF THE CURRENT WATER SHORTAGE TOURISTS ARE ALSO URGED TO ECONOMISE ON WATER CONSUMPTION DURING THEIR STAY.
THE HONG KONG HOTELS ASSOCIATION HAS TAKEN POSITIVE STEPS TO CHANNEL THE SAVE WATER MESSAGE TO TOURISTS.
APART FROM POSTERS AND STICKERS WHICH HAD BEEN PUT UP IN APPROPRIATE PLACES IN VARIOUS HOTELS, THE GOVERNMENT HAD PREPARED SPECIAL DISPLAY CARDS IN FOLDERS CONTAINING HELPFUL HINTS ON WAYS TO CONSERVE WATER AS AN EFFORT TO COMPLEMENT THE ASSOCIATION'S VOLUNTARY MOVE.
WITH THE MESSAGE IN CHINESE, ENGLISH AND JAPANESE PRINTED IN SHADES OF BLUE, THESE DISPLAY CARDS FOR HOTEL GUESTS WOULD SERVE TO ALERT TOURISTS TO HONG KONG'S CURRENT WATER SHORTAGE, THE HOURS OF RESTRICTION AND AT THE SAME TIME SOLICIT THEIR CO-OPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING.
ILLUSTRATED BY CARTOON DRAWINGS, THE FOUR MAJOR SAVE WATER TIPS INCORPORATED IN THE FOLDER WOULD AIM AT ASKING HOTEL GUESTS TO TAKE A SHOWER RATHER THAN A BATH, NOT TO LEAVE THE TAP RUNNING WHILE WASHING THEIR HANDS AND CLEANING THE IR TEETH, TO SAVE UP THE IR SMALLS FOR A BIGGER WASH AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY TURN OFF TAPS IMMEDIATELY AFTER USE.
ANOTHER STOCK OF 300,000 CARDS BEARING A GENERAL SAVE-WATER MESSAGE ALSO IN CHINESE, ENGLISH AND JAPANESE WOULD BE HANDED OUT TO VISITORS ARRIVING AT KAI TAK AIRPORT VIA THE IMMIGRATION COUNTERS.
AS ARRIVALS AT KAI TAK WOULD PROBABLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT OUR WATER SITUATION, THESE CARDS WOULD EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY WATER RESTRICTION HAD BEEN IMPOSED IN HONG KONG, AND THAT THE IR CO-OPERATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE ESSENTIAL.
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