THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1984
NEW POWER SYSTEM FOR CHEUNG CHAU RESIDENTS
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ELECTRICITY AT LOWER TARIFFS AND SUPPLIED THROUGH A MODERNISED SYSTEM WAS SWITCHED ON FOR CHEUNG CHAU RESIDENTS TODAY BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE.
PERFORMING THE CEREMONY IN PLACE OF THE GOVERNOR, WHO WAS ILL, SIR PHILIP EXPLAINED THAT THE SWITCHING-ON REPRESENTED THE +CULIMINATION OF THE GOOD EFFORTS OF THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY AND THE FORMER SUPPLIER, THE CHEUNG CHAU ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED, AND CONGRATULATED THEM ON THE AGREEMENT REACHED.
AS A RESULT, SIR PHILIP SAID, THE PREVIOUS DISPARITY IN TARIFFS HAD BEEN ELIMINATED AND RESIDENTS WOULD BE ENJOYING THE LOWER TARIFFS APPLICABLE TO ALL OTHER CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CONSUMERS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF SIR PHILIP'S SPEECH:
+ THE GOVERNOR HAS ASKED ME TO SAY HOW MUCH HE REGRETS THAT ILLNESS HAS PREVENTED HIM FROM BEING HERE TODAY TO WITNESS THE COMPLETION OF A PROJECT IN WHICH HE HAS TAKEN A GREAT DEAL OF PERSONAL INTEREST. HE HAS ASKED ME TO OFFICIATE IN HIS PLACE AND I AM DELIGHTED TO DO SO.
+SIR EDWARD VISITED CHEUNG CHAU SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG IN MAY 1982. DURING THAT VISIT,
DURING THAT VISIT, THE RURAL COMMITTEE EXPRESSED TO HIM ITS DEEP CONCERN THAT CHEUNG CHAU RESIDENTS WERE OBLIGED TO PAY MUCH HIGHER RATES FOR THE IR ELECTRICITY THAN RESIDENTS ELSEWHERE IN HONG KONG. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY NECESSARY TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THIS LONG-STANDING PROBLEM.
+TODAY'S SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY REPRESENTS THE CULMINATION OF THE GOOD EFFORTS OF THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY AND THE FORMER SUPPLIER, THE CHEUNG CHAU ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED.
1 I CONGRATULATE THEM ON THE AGREEMENT THEY HAVE REACHED. CONGRATULATE TOO, YOUR RURAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PART IT HAS PLAYED IN REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF THE RESIDENTS OF CHEUNG CHAU.
+AS A CONSEQUENCE OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER TAKING OVER AS THE SUPPLIER OF ELECTRICITY TO CHEUNG CHAU, THE PREVIOUS DISPARITY IN TARIFFS HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. FROM NOW ON, RESIDENTS WILL ENJOY THE LOWER TARIFFS APPLICABLE TO ALL OTHER CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY CONSUMERS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. BUT, OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE, RESIDENTS ARE NOW BEING SERVED BY A MODERNISED SUPPLY SYSTEM WHICH IS KNOWN FOR ITS SOPHISTICATION AND EFFICIENCY AND WHICH CAN EASILY COPE WITH GROWTH IN DEMAND.
/+THE FINANCIAL