FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1977
FULL-DAY WATER SUPPLIES FOR CHRISTMAS
AND LUNAR NEW YEAR
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WATER RESTRICTIONS ARE TO BE RELAXED ON CERTAIN DAYS OVER THE COMING CHRISTMAS AND LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY THERE WILL BE FULL-DAY SUPPLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY (DECEMBER 25) AND DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY PERIOD NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE NO RESTRICTIONS FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS BEGINNING FROM LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE (FEBRUARY 6).
THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. BILL TUCKER, SAID WITH THE RESULTS ACHIEVED BY THE OVERALL EFFORTS OF EVERYONE IN SAVING WATER, IT WAS FELT THE RESTRICTIONS COULD BE RELAXED DURING THESE TWO FESTIVE OCCASIONS WITHOUT SERIOUSLY REDUCING OUR STORAGE CAPACITY.
HOWEVER, HE CAUTIONED AGAINST BEING OVER-OPTIMISTIC AND SAID THAT WATER SHOULD STILL BE USED SPARINGLY AS THERE ARE SOME DRY MONTHS TO GO BEFORE THE WET SEASON AND EVEN THEN THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF RAINFALL.
THE PRESENT STORAGE CAPACITY IS 168.6 MILLION CUBIC METRES AS AGAINST 254.2 MILLION CUBIC METRES THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
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