TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1979
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NO GROUNDS FOR COMPLACENCY ABOUT FUEL SAVINGS
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THERE WERE NO GROUNDS FOR COMPLACENCY ABOUT FUEL SAVING ACCORDING TO FIGURES FOR JULY PROVIDED BY THE TWO POWER COMPANIES.
THE FIGURES SHOWED AN AVERAGE SAVING IN FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION OF 4.4 PER CENT OVER THE MONTH.
THE FOUR-WEEK FIGURE IS IN LINE WITH THE 4.3 PER CENT SAVINGS THE POWER COMPANIES REPORTED FOR THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF THE FUEL SAVING CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGAN ON MAY 13.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THE CONSISTENCY OF THE STATISTICS PROVIDED NO GROUNDS FOR COMPLACENCY.
+BECAUSE OF THE UNUSUALLY WARM AND HUMID SUMMER THE PUBLIC MAY BE TEMPTED TO KEEP AIR CONDITIONING THERMOSTATS BELOW 26 DEGREES CELSIUS,+ HE SAID.
+IN VIEW OF THE CONTINUING UNCERTAINTY ABOUT OIL SUPPLIES LATER THIS YEAR IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THAT THE LEVEL OF SAVINGS BE MAINTAINED DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS.
+AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AIR CONDITIONING IS A MAJOR CONSUMER OF ENERGY BUT THERMOSTATS SHOULD BE TURNED TO 26 DEGREES CELSIUS OR ABOVE AND AIR CONDITIONING SHOULD BE USED ONLY WHEN STRICTLY NECESSARY, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT AIR CONDITIONING UNITS SHOULD BE SERVICED TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE NOT WASTING ENERGY.
+WHERE AIR CONDITIONING IS IN USE IN PUBLIC, BUSINESS OR PRIVATE PREMISES DOORS AND WINDOWS SHOULD BE KEPT CLOSED TO MAXIMISE THE EFFECT,+ HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT TO COMPENSATE FOR ANY REDUCTION IN THE USE OR EFFECTIVENESS OF AIR CONDITIONING LIGHT CLOTHING COULD BE WORN.
ADDITIONAL TRAIN SERVICES ****
THREE ADDITIONAL TRAIN SERVICES BETWEEN KOWLOON AND SHA TIN AND AN EXTRA DOWN TRAIN FROM LO WU WILL BE INTRODUCED EARLY NEXT MONTH.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (TUESDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY (KCR) SAID THAT THE SERVICES, WHICH WOULD BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 3, WAS A FURTHER EFFORT TO ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING DURING PEAK TRAVEL PERIODS.
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