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Interruption of salt water supply to Chai Wan
Consequent to the landslide at Fei Tsui Road, Chai Wan in the morning of August 13, a 24-inch diameter water pipe connecting the Chai Wan Salt Water Service Reservoir was damaged resulting in a complete interruption of salt water supply to the whole area of Chai Wan, Siu Sai Wan and Heng Fa Chuen.
A spokesman of the Water Supplies Department said today (Wednesday) with confirmation on the safety of using half of the service reservoir, the department had commenced temporary arrangement with a view to resuming salt water supply as early as possible.
He expected that a longer period of interruption was inevitable but upon the completion of the works being carried out, salt water supply to the general areas in Chai Wan would resume by the morning of Saturday (August 19).
End/Wednesday, August 16, 1995
Hong Kong Monetary Authority money market operations
Cumulative
Time
$ million
(hours)
change ($million)
Opening balance in the account
1,476
0930
-149
Closing balance in the account
1,394
1000
-159
Change attributable to:
1100
-159
Money market activity
-162
1200
-162
LAF today
+80
1500
-162
1600
-162
LAF rate 4.25% bid/6.25% offer TWI 122.1 *+1.1* 16.8.95