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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1991
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ON THE POSSIBILITY OF WATER RESTRICTIONS MR WONG REITERATED THAT MUCH WOULD DEPEND ON THE WEATHER CONDITION AND THE YIELD FROM THE RAINFALL AS WELL AS DRAW-OFF FROM RESERVOIRS.
"HOWEVER, THE PRESENT FULL SUPPLY WOULD BE MAINTAINED AT LEAST BEFORE AUGUST WHEN A PURTHER REVIEW OF THE OVERALL WATER SITUATION WOULD BE MADE.
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'BUT IN THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT THAT RAINFALL THIS YEAR IS AGAIN UNSATISFACTORY, THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPOSING WATER RESTRICTIONS LATER IN THE SUMMER CANNOT BE RULED OUT, HE SAID.
IF SUCH SITUATION AROSE, HE ADDED, THE PUBLIC WOULD BE GIVEN AMPLE NOTICE OF IT BEFOREHAND.
ON WATER FROM CIFENA, MR WONG SAID UNDER THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH CHINA, THE COUNTRY WOULD SUPPLY 570 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER TO HONG KONG BETWREN MARCH THIS YEAR AND THE END OF FEBRUARY 1992.
AT HONG KONG'S REQUEST, CHINA HAD ALSO AGREED TO SUPPLY AN ADDITIONAL 70 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER IN THE CURRENT SUPPLY PERIOD.
"IN VIEW OF THE PRESENT SITUATION, WE ARE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WITH A VIEW TO INCREASING THE ADDITIONAL SUPPLY, HE ADDED.
MEANWHILE, THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS STEPPING UP ITS PUBLICITY EFFORTS WITH A VIEW TO AROUSING PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE NEED TO SAVE WATER.
AS A START, LETTERS WILL BE SENT TO ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS OTHER PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS ENLISTING THEIR CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT IN THE CURRENT SAVE WATER DRIVE.
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IN ADDITION, A NEW TV-API (ANNOUNCEMENT IN PUBLIC INTEREST) AND RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE BEING PRODUCED. POSTERS SUGGESTING WAYS IN WHICH THE PUBLIC COULD HELP SAVE WATER ARE ALSO BEING DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OFFICES, SCHOOLS, POSTER SITES AND HOUSING ESTATES.
"WATER IS A VERY PRECIOUS RESOURCE URGE ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO MAKE A WATER TO TIDE OVER THIS DIFFICULT PERIOD,
IN HONG KONG AND I WOULD
CONSCIOUS EFFORT
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MR WONG SAID.
TO SAVE
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