TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1982
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GOVERNOR TO VISIT GUANGZHOU AND SHENZHEN
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AT THE INVITATION OF MR LIU TIANFU, GOVERNOR OF GUANGDONG PROVINCE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE AND LADY YOUDE WILL VISIT GUANGZHOU AND THE SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY (AUGUST 19 AND 20).
DURING THE VISIT, THE GOVERNOR WILL CALL ON THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR, MR LIU TIANFU AND OTHER SENIOR GUANGDONG OFFICIALS, AND SEE AT FIRST HAND THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE OF SHENZHEN WITH WHICH HONG KONG HAS CLOSE LINKS.
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING POLITICAL ADVISER, MR R.J. MARGOLIS AND THE CHIEF GOVERNMENT INTERPRETER, MR Y.P. CHENG,
DURING SIR EDWARD'S ABSENCE FROM HONG KONG, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE WILL BE THE ACTING GOVERNOR.
ALL EXCEPT THREE RESERVOIRS FULL
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT ALL EXCEPT THREE RESERVOIRS IN THE TERRITORY ARE FULL AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS DURING THE PAST TWO DAYS.
THE THREE +UNF ILLED+ RESERVOIRS ARE THE LOWER SHING MUN RESERVOIR (85.6 PER CENT FULL), PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR (78.1 PER CENT FULL) AND HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR (64.2 PER CENT FULL).
MEANWHILE, THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE OF ALL RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY STOOD AT 429.268 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 74.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY, COMPARED WITH 256.270 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 44.4 PER CENT OF CAPACITY AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
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