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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1991
"TO IMPROVE THE STORAGE LEVEL, WE ARE APPROACHING CHINA FOR AN INCREASE IN SUPPLY FOR NEXT YEAR, MR WONG SAID.
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"UNDER THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, CHINA WILL SUPPLY 600 MILLION CUBIC METRES (MCM) OF WATER BETWEEN MARCH 1, 1992 AND FEBRUARY 281 1993.
"WE PROPOSE TO REQUEST CHINA TO SUPPLY AN
IN THAT PERIOD.
ADDITIONAL 105 MCM
"IF CHINA CANNOT PROVIDE THE EXTRA WATER, WILL HAVE TO BE GIVEN TO IMPOSE WATER RESTRICTIONS WET SEASON," HE SAID.
"THE. THREAT WILL ONLY BE REMOVED IF THERE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE COMING DRY SEASON, HE ADDED.
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THEN CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE NEXT
IS EXCEPTIONALLY
IN THE MEANTIME, HE ADVISED THE PUBLIC TO DO EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO CONSERVE WATER AND AVOID WASTAGE.
AS AT 9 AM TODAY, THE STORAGE LEVEL STOOD 47.6 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY.
THIS COMPARED WITH 331.70 MCM OR 56.6 PER TIME LAST YEAR.
AT 279.22 MCM ok
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CENT AT THE SAME
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HK TO IMPLEMENT HARMONISED SYSTEM IN FULL
HONG KONG IS TO IMPLEMENT IN FULL THE HARMONISED IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATION AS FROM JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR.
SYSTEM FOR
AS FROM THAT DATE, THE THIRD REVISION OF THE STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC R3) FOR TRÅDE STATÍSTICS REPORTING WHICH HAS BEEN SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A NEAT CORRELATION WITH THE FULL HARMONISED SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE ADOPTED.
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ANNOUNCING THE DETAILS OF THE 1992 EDITION OF THE HONG KONG HARMONISED SYSTEM (HK HS) IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY), COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, MR BENJAMIN MOK, SAID THI9 WOULD MAKE HONG KONG'S COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION TOTALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THOSE OF HONG KONG'S TRADING PARTNERS ADOPTING THE FULL HS,
THIS WOULD FURTHER REDUCE THE WORK OF RECLASSIFYING GOODS IN TRADE DOCUMENTS AND FACILITATE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, MR MOK SAID,
THE HR HS WAS BASED ON THE HARMONISED COMMODITY DESCRIPTION AND CODING SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL BASED IN BRUSSELS TO FACILITATE INTERNATIONAL TRADE DOCUMENTATION.
/"THE WORLD