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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1974

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GOVERNOR TO VISIT BIG TEXTILE WORKS ******

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL BE VISITING A BIG TEXTILE FACTORY AT TSUEN WAN TOMORROW CWEDNESDAY) TO SEE MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS.

HE WILL MAKE A SHOP-FLOOR TOUR OF CHINA DYEING WORKS LTD, WHICH HAS BEEN A PIONEER OF THE TEXTILE PRINTING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG. MORE THAN 600 WORKERS ARE EMPLOYED AT THE FACTORY WHICH PRODUCES FINISHED FABRICS FOR USE IN THE LOCAL GARMENT→ · MAKING INDUSTRY.

SIR MURRAY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR. DAVID JORDAN, AND THE PRINCIPAL TRADE OFFICER, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, MR. K.H. YEUNG.

THEY WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE FACTORY BY THE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, ER. CHA CHI HING, AND OTHER OFFICIALS OF THE COMPANY.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO THE CHINA DYEING WORKS LTD AT 3 P.M. TOMORROW. PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO MEET G.1.S. STAFF AT 2.45 P.M. AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE FACTORY, WHICH IS SITUATED OFF THE CASTLE PEAK ROAD, 9 MILESTONE, TSUEN WAN, NEAR THE N.T. POLICE TRAFFIC HEADQUARTERS.

THE COMPANY HAS APPOINTED MR. JOHN NG TO ACT AS ITS PRESS LIAISON OFFICER.

WATER SITUATION REPORT

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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY CTUESDAY) STOOD AT 36,798 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 54.7 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPCITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 66,018 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.

THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 28,123 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 50,298 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 55.7 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.

1.0 M.M. (0.04 IND OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR I$1.357.7 M.M. (53.45 IN)..

THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 1,871.3 M.M. (73.67 1N), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 27.4 PER CENT.

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