TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1983
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HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR FULL
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HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR, THE BIGGEST RESERVOIR IN HONG KONG, IS NOW FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME, AS A RESULT OF THE RAINS BROUGHT BY TYPHOON ELLEN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT THE TYPHOON YIELDED MORE THAN 32 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER TO THE RESERVOIRS.
OF HONG KONG'S 17 RESERVOIRS, 11 ARE FULL.
AT 9 AM TODAY, THE STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS STOOD AT 566,881 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 96.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
THIS COMPARES WITH 457.868 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 78.1 PER CENT OF CAPACITY AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
STORM CAUSES $1-MILLION TRAFFIC LIGHT DAMAGE
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REPAIRS TO TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND BOLLARDS DAMAGED BY TYPHOON ELLEN WILL COST ABOUT $1 MILLION.
ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR MICHAEL HUTTON, ALTOGETHER 1 092 TRAFFIC LIGHTS WERE DAMAGED - 124 ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND 968 IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN ADDITION, HE SAID, A TOTAL OF 542 BOLLARDS WERE DAMAGED, INCLUDING 90 ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND 452 IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MR HUTTON SAID THAT SOME PEDESTRIAN SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY WERE ALSO DAMAGED.
EVERY EFFORT WAS BEING MADE TO BRING THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS BACK TO NORMAL OPERATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HE SAID,
+REPAIR WORK, WHICH BEGAN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF TYPHOON ELLEN, IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ANOTHER TWO DAYS TO COMPLETE,+ MR HUTTON SAID.
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