TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1979
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MANDATORY RESTRICTIONS ON LIGHTING LIFTED
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) LIFTED THE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED LAST MAY ON THE USE OF ELECTRICITY FOR ADVERTISING, FLOODLIGHTING OR DISPLAY.
COMMENTING ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT A GOVERNMENT SPOKESM AN SAID: +WITH THE DEMAND FOR OIL WORLD-WIDE EXPECTED TO BALANCE SUPPLY BY THE YEAR'S END PARTICULARLY AS A RESULT OF
HIGHER PRICES, IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE TO LIFT THE MANDATORY RESTRICTIONS IN HONG KONG.+
HOWEVER, WHILE WORLD SUPPLIES REMAIN GENERALLY UNCERTAIN IT IS STILL NECESSARY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONSERVE ENERGY AND FUEL.
+GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE THE LEAD BY MOUNTING A WINTER PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN URGING MAXIMUM ECONOMIES IN THE USE OF FUEL FOR HEATING, LIGHTING, BATHING AND COOKING,+ HE ADDED,
MONTHLY AVERAGE SAVINGS OF 4.75 PER CENT, 4.4 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT HAVE BEEN RECORDED SINCE THE GOVERNMENT'S FUEL SAVING CAMPAIGN BEGAN AND IT WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAIN THIS LEVEL OF SAVING UNTIL THE SUPPLY OF OIL COMES MORE INTO BALANCE WITH DEMAND.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: THE LION'S SHARE OF THESE SAVINGS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED BY VOLUNTARY MEANS AND WHILE OIL REMAINS IN SHORT SUPPLY WE HOPE THESE EFFORTS WILL BE MAINTAINED.•
+THE SAVINGS ACHIEVED AS A RESULT OF IMPOSING MANDATORY RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF ELECTRICITY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HONG KONG'S SUCCESS SO FAR IN RIDING OUT THE OIL SHORTAGE. BUT AS THE MANDATORY RESTRICTIONS HAVE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST SOME SECTORS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THEY ARE BEING LIFTED AS EARLY AS IS POSSIBLE.
+WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO CONSIDER RE-INTRODUCING THEM WILL DEPEND ON THE EFFORTS OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO CONSERVE ENERGY AND FUEL.+
THE ADVERTISING, DISPLAY AND FLOODLIGHTING (RESTRICTION) ORDER 1979 WAS RESCINDED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL TODAY WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
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