THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1982
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FINALLY, WITH REGARD TO THE WIDESPREAD SUGGESTIONS OF INVOLVEMENT BY SERVING POLICE OFFICERS IN THE COMPANY UNDER INVESTIGATION, THE POLICE ENQUIRY DID NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF SUCH ACTIVITY. NOR WAS ANY EVIDENCE FORTHCOMING FOLLOWING REQUESTS BY POLICE IN THE PRESS AND TO THE PUBLIC GENERALLY FOR ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS ASPECT.
THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT POLICE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE INCIDENTS ON JULY 2 AND 3 WERE IN ANY WAY IMPROPERLY INFLUENCED.
THE REPORT PREPARED BY THE COMPLAINTS AND INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS BRANCH HAS BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE UMELCO POLICE GROUP. AS A RESULT, RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO, AND HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY, THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.
WATER STORAGE FAVOURABLE, SIR PHILIP IS TOLD
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THE CURRENT RESERVOIR STORAGE POSITION AND THE RECENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES FOR ADDITIONAL WATER SHOULD EASE SOME OF THE WORRIES OF THE PUBLIC OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
THIS WAS THE MESSAGE THAT GREETED THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, THIS AFTERNOON WHEN HE VISITED THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS AT LEIGHTON CENTRE IN CAUSEWAY BAY.
SIR PHILIP. WHO WAS THERE TO SEE THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND PLANS CONCERNING HONG KONG'S WATER SUPPLIES, WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON, AND THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER, MR WONG KWOK-LAI.
HE WAS TOLD THAT THE STORAGE POSITION WAS MOST FAVOURABLE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, STANDING AT 82.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 477.190 MILLION CUBIC METRES, COMPARED WITH 47.6 PER CENT OR 275.098 MILLION CUBIC METRES THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
SIR PHILIP WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT UNDER THE LATEST AGREEMENTS WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES MORE WATER WOULD BE SUPPLIED BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND 1986.
SIR PHILIP WAS THEN BRIEFED ON THE LATEST POSITION REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT'S 12-YEAR SCHEME FOR THE RECEPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL SUPPLY FROM CHINA AND THE VARIOUS NEW WORKS TO CATER FOR THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR WATER.
CONSUMPTION HAD TREBLED DURING THE PAST 16 YEARS, REACHING AN AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION OF 1 580 000 CUBIC METRES, SIR PHILIP WAS TOLD.
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