MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1734
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WATER FIGURE
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STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 83.5 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 489.532 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 508.026 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 86.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
TAPS OFF IN NORTH POINT, YUEN LONG AND TAI HANG TUNG
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FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO CERTAIN PREMISES IN NORTH POINT, YUEN LONG AND TAI HANG TUNG WILL BE TURNED OFF ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 23) AND FRIDAY (AUGUST 24).
IN NORTH POINT, THE SUPPLY WILL BE OFF FROM 11 PM ON THURSDAY TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR LEAKAGE TESTS, AFFECTING PREMISES BOUNDED BY TIN CHIU STREET, KING'S ROAD, TONG SHUI ROAD AND JAVA ROAD, INCLUDING NORTH POINT FERRY PIER AS WELL AS CENTRAL MAIN BLOCK, EAST MAIN BLOCK AND EAST POINT BLOCK OF THE NORTH POINT ESTATE.
IN YUEN LONG, THE SUPPLY WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR 11 HOURS FROM 8 PM THE SAME DAY TO FACILITATE WATER MAINS WORK.
THE SUSPENSION WILL AFFECT PREMISES AND VILLAGES ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD FROM SHUI BIN WAI ROAD TO AU TAU, INCLUDING POK OF HOSPITAL, AND TAI TONG ROAD.
IN TAI HANG TUNG, WATER SUPPLY WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR SEVEN HOURS FROM 11 PM THE SAME DAY FOR LEAKAGE TESTS.
THE AFFECTED PREMISES ARE THOSE ALONG TAI HANG TUNG ROAD AND TONG YAM STREET, INCLUDING TUNG FU HOUSE TUNG WO HOUSE, TUNG WAN HOUSE TUNG WING HOUSE AND BLOCK NOS. 3 TO 6 OF TAI HANG TUNG ESTATÉ.
SALT WATER CUT IN TSUEN WAN
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SALT WATER SUPPLY TO SOME PREMISES IN TSUEN WAN WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR 24 HOURS FROM 10 AM ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 23) FOR WATER MAINS CONNECTION.
THE SUSPENSION WILL AFFECT KWAI SHING EAST AND WEST ESTATES, BLOCKS 1 TO 19 OF TAI WO HAU ESTATE, AS WELL AS PREMISES ALONG KWAI HOP STREET AND THOSE BOUNDED BY CHUNG ON STREET, MA TAU PA ROAD, YEUNG UK ROAD, TEXACO ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
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