WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988
20
DISCUSSIONS WITH CHINA ON CONTINUING WATER SUPPLY
AIM
OF RENEWING TO MEET
DISCUSSIONS HAVE STARTED WITH CHINA WITH THE AN EXISTING AGREEMENT AND ENSURING SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLIES HONG KONG'S REQUIREMENTS WELL INTO THE NEXT CENTURY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HONG KONG WATER SHORTAGE HAD ONCE BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM IN
WHEN AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WOULD REMEMBER THE 1963-1964 DROUGHT, ONLY FOUR HOURS OF WATER WAS SUPPLIED EVERY FOUR DAYS, SIR DAVID SAID.
YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE UNFAMILIAR WITH HARSH CONDITIONS.
SUCH
"IN RECENT YEARS WE
HAVE BECOME
ACCUSTOMED ΤΟ
RECEIVING A
24-HOUR SUPPLY" HE SAID.
"THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO INCREASED
PURCHASES FROM CHINA WHICH
NOW SUPPLIES 70 PER CENT OF THE WATER CONSUMED IN THE TERRITORY.'
THE PRESENT AGREEMENT WOULD EXPIRE IN 1994.
THE EARLIER AS A RESULT OF THE UNUSUALLY DRY WEATHER IN
FALLEN ΤΟ 32 OF THIS YEAR, THE STORAGE LEVEL IN RESERVOIRS HAD
WHILE RAINFALL IN AUGUST CENT OF CAPACITY AT THE END OF JULY, SEPTEMBER PROVIDED SOME RELIEF.
"IN ADDITION, THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE RECENTLY SUPPLY EXTRA WATER, SIR DAVID SAID.
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PART
PER
AND
AGREED TO
WATER RESTRICTIONS SHOULD
NOT NOW BE NECESSARY DURING THE
COMING DRY SEASON.
NEVERTHELESS, MORE WATER
GUARD AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY OF LOW RAINFALL NEXT YEAR, HE ADDED.
HAD BEEN
REQUESTED FRON CHINA
TO
HOUSING FOR ALL URBAN SQUATTERS BY 1994-95
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THE GOVERNMENT MUST ENSURE
THAT IT
ACHIEVES
PROVIDING HOUSING FOR ALL URBAN SQUATTERS BY 1994-95,
ITS TARGET
OF
THE GOVERNOR,
SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE URBAN AREA WAS A LONG то RESOLVE, SIR DAVID
NOTING THAT SQUATTER HOUSING IN STANDING PROBLEM WHICH HAD PROVED DIFFICULT SAID REAL PROGRESS WAS NOW BEING MADE.
/"THIS YEAR,