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10
FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1991
SUPPLY
640 MILLION PERIOD ENDING THE DECEMBER THIS WATER IN THE
ΤΟ AGREED MR HU SAID ALTHOUGH CHINA HAD CUBIC METRES OF WATER TO HONG KONG DURING THE 12-MONTH AND FEBRUARY 1992, THE SUPPLY SITUATION WOULD BECOME CRITICAL DURING ANNUAL SHUTDOWN OF CHINA WATER SUPPLY IN NOVEMBER YEAR WHEN HONG KONG WOULD HAVE TO DEPEND SOLELY ON THE RESERVOIRS.
VERY RAINFALL
"THE DECISION TO IMPOSE WATER RESTRICTIONS WILL THEREFORE MUCH DEPEND ON THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE YIELD FROM THE
MR HU SAID. AS WELL AS DRAW-OFF FROM RESERVOIRS,
HE RENEWED HIS
ΤΟ APPEAL
THE
PUBLIC TO
EVERYTHING DO
TO
CONSERVE WATER AND AVOID WASTAGE.
+
SET OF MEANWHILE THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT HAS DEVISED A
WATER RESTRICTIONS CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN THE EVENT HAVE TO BE IMPOSED.
FUNDS
ALSO WILL
SOUGHT BE
ΤΟ EMPLOY
TEMPORARY
CONSTRUCT TEMPORARY BARRACKS FOR THEM AND PURCHASE EQUIPMENT.
HK A POPULAR PLACE FOR FIRMS TO SET UP REGIONAL HQS
*
WORKERS,
LOCATION FOR FOREIGN HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POPULAR
HEADQUARTERS, THE REGIONAL ASIAN UP THEIR MULTI-NATIONALS TO SET SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T.H. CHAU, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE BUSINESS ORIENTATION SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MR CHAU
YEAR, 572 FOREIGN ACCORDING TO A SURVEY CONDUCTED LAST
SAID
FIRMS
WERE
KONG,
AND ABOUT
THAT
60 A
IN HONG FOUND TO HAVE SFT UP REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS BETWEEN 1987 AND 1990 THEY WERE COMING IN AT THE RATE OF YEAR.
DOUGLAS, CGENERAL
MOTORS,
BANK
THE FIRMS INCLUDED MCDONNELL, OF AMERICA, BRITISH AIRWAYS, OLIVETTI, AND YAOHAN, HE SAID.
"UNFORTUNATELY,
IT IS IN THE OCCASIONAL DEPARTURES GET ALL THE MEDIA CONTINUING INFLOW TENDS TO GO UNNOTICED.
"IT IS QUITE TRUE THAT SOME OTHER PLACES ADVANTAGES AS A REGIONAL BASE WHICH HONG KONG HAS NOT.
NATURE UF
COVERAGE,
THAT THINGS WHILE THE
THE QUIET
IN THE REGION
HAVE
4
IT IS EQUALLY TRUE THAT WE ALSO HAVE ADVANTAGES WHICH THEY NOT HAVE.
DO
"SO I EXPECT WE WILL SEE A CONTINUING STRONG INTEREST
HE SAID. KONG AS A REGIONAL BASE,
IN HONG
MR CHAU