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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1977
AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, STORAGE WAS 52,147 MILION GALLONS, OR 77.4 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
MR. WONG SAID THAT IN ADDITION TO THE 31,221 MILLION GALLONS, HIGH ISLAND NOW CONTAINED 286 MILLION GALLONS OF USABLE WATER ABOVE THE DRAW-OFFS - MORE THAN HALF OF WHICH HAD COME FROM YESTERDAY'S RAINFALL ON THE HIGH ISLAND CATCHMENT AREA.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT AT THIS STAGE OF ITS DEVELOPMENT ISLAND'S TOTAL CAPACITY WOULD BE SOMETHING OF THE ORDER OF 3,000 MILLION GALLONS.
FOURTH AND FINAL DIVIDEND
TO CANTON TRUST AND COMMERCIAL BANK CREDITORS
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NINE CENTRES, ONE EACH ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND KOWLOON AND SEVEN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE FOURTH AND FINAL DIVIDEND TO CREDITORS OF THE CANTON TRUST AND COMMERCIAL BANK WILL OPEN FROM JULY 26 TO AUGUST 31.
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THE OFFICIAL RECEIVER AND LIQUIDATOR OF THE BANK, MR. P. JACOBS, SAID A DIVIDEND OF 20.7 PER CENT WILL BE PAID TO ALL CREDATORS. THIS WELL BRING THE TOTAL PAYMENT TO 70.7 PER CENT.
THE CENTRES ARE AT JOCKEY CLUB, HAPPY VALLEY, HONG KONG WHITFIELD BARRACKS, KOWLOON- PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE, TAI NO ROAD, TSUEN WAN TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE, MEI HANG BUILDING, SAN HUI, TUEN MUN- YUEN LONG TOWN HALL, YUEN LONG- BOK NGAI SHAN FONG, SHEUNG SHUI FANL ING RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE, 3 LUEN FAT STREET, LUEN WO MARKET, FANLING TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE HEUNG SZE WAI STREET, TAI PO- AND SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE, PAI TAU VILLAGE, SHA TIN.
DETAILS OF THE PAYMENT PROGRAMMES WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER WHEN ARRANGEMENTS ARE FINALISED.
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