XN000022-1973-12-28 — Page 2

Friday, December 28, 1973

ADVERTISING AND DISPLAY LIGHTING BAN EXTENDED

The ban on advertising and display lighting is to be extended

by one hour with the introduction of summer time next week. This means

that such lighting will only be allowed between 7 p.m. and 10.30 p.m.

At the same time, floodlighting of buildings will be completely

prohibited.

Announcing these measures today, Mr. Roy Porter, Director of

Oil Supplies, said that despite the Arab decision to increase production by

10 per cent we are still likely to be short of oil and it was still necessary

to be prudent. It would be wasteful to allow display lighting during the

extra hour of daylight, he added.

Mr. Porter said: "I appreciate that when new measures are introduced

it is impossible to avoid hurting some sector of the community. This

reduction of one hour in the permitted period for lighting display would, I

think, cause less harm to Hong Kong's economy as a whole than any other power

saving measures."

In explaining the ban on floodlighting of buildings, Mr. Porter said

that floodlighting was one of the least essential uses of electricity.

On sports and recreation, Mr. Porter said: "I am writing to every

sports club in Hong Kong asking them not to use floodlighting even during the

permitted period except for major sporting events which large numbers of

people would attend."

Mr. Porter again called on the public to exercise voluntary restraint.

It was still essential for consumers to exercise economies in the use of

electricity so that the need to introduce further mandatory measures, which

would cause more hardship, will be avoided.

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