WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1981
FULL WATER SUPPLY TILL END OF SEPTEMBER
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED THAT THE PRESENT FULL WATER SUPPLY WILL BE MAINTAINED UP TO THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR WILLIAM TUCKER, SAID THAT A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE OVERALL WATER SITUATION WOULD BE MADE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH.
HE SAID, THE RAINFALL IN JULY HAS BEEN FAIRLY SATISFACTORY, ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL IN EARLY AUGUST HAS BEEN LOW,
*THE SITUATION HAS IMPROVED SLIGHTLY AND DURING THIS PERIOD, SOME 331.3 MM OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN, GIVING A YIELD OF 80.6 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
+ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS HELPED THE GENERAL STORAGE POSITION, MORE RAIN IS STILL NEEDED BEFORE THE SITUATION BECOMES FAVOURABLE.+
AT 9 AM TODAY, THE RESERVOIR STORAGE WAS 259.1 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 44.8 PER CENT OF CAPACITY, COMPARED WITH 391.6 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 67.8 PER CENT AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
MR TUCKER AGAIN APPEALED TO THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE MAXIMUM ECONOMY IN THE USE OF WATER.
HOLIDAY CASUALTY FACILITIES FOR SAI KUNG EXTENDED *****
A TRIAL CASUALTY MEDICAL SERVICE AT SAI KUNG DURING WEEK-ENDS AND ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IS TO BE EXTENDED FOR A FURTHER TWO MONTHS.
IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST BY THE LOCAL RURAL COMMITTEE, THE SERVICE STARTED LAST OCTOBER, AND SINCE THEN OVER 300 CASES INVOLVING RESIDENTS, VILLAGERS AND PICNICKERS HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH.
THE SERVICE IS EXPECTED TO BE INCREASINGLY USED AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE SPEND THEIR HOLIDAYS IN SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK OR AT LOCAL BEACHES.
A MEDICAL OFFICER MANS THE SAI KUNG GOVERNMENT CLINIC IN MAN NIN STREET DURING WEEK-ENDS AND HOLIDAY PERIODS FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM.
BESIDES THE CLINIC, SAI KUNG IS ALSO PROVIDED WITH A MOBILE MEDICAL SERVICE VISITING THE VILLAGES EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
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