WATERWORKS STAFF ALL SET TO GO
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FROM EARLY THIS MORNING (TUESDAY) WATERWORKS STAFF WERE HARD AT WORK COMPLETING THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR THE BIG TURN- OFF OF WATER SUPPLIES BEGINNING AT 10 P.M. TOMORROW CWEDNESDAY) NIGHT WHEN THE FIRST PHASE OF RESTRICTIONS COMES INTO EFFECT.
A WATERWORKS SPOKESMAN SAID: IT'S BEEN A TOUGH SLOG GETTING THINGS READY FOR THE SWITCH-OFF, INVOLVING A LOT OF OVERTIME DUTY FOR MANY OF OUR WORKERS. BUT WE'RE FIT, AND READY TO GET OFF THE START LINE TOMORROW EVENING.+
THE SPOKESMAN REPEATED PREVIOUS REMINDERS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT EXPECT THEIR SUPPLIES TO BE TURNED OFF PRECISELY AT 10 P.M.
+THE SWITCH-OFF TIME+, HE SAID, +WILL VARY BY MINUTES FROM PLACE TO PLACE AS OUR TURNCOCK STAFF WORK THEIR WAY FROM ONE VALVE TO THE NEXT..
+THE SAME THING WILL APPLY TO THE RESUMPTION OF SUPPLIES AT 6 A.H. THE FOLLOWING MORNING. CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT GET WORKED UP IF THEIR SUPPLY COMES BACK SOME MINUTES LATE.+
HE ADDED THAT ALL THE SIGNS WERE THAT PEOPLE WERE TAKING +THIS IS VERY THE START OF RESTRICTIONS CALMLY AND SENSIBLY. WELCOME TO US+, HE REMARKED, +BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT OUR TELEPHONE LINES TO BECOME BLOCKED WITH MINOR QUERIES AND COMPLAINTS.+
THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. BILL KNIGHT, PRAISED HIS STAFF FOR THE EFFORT THEY HAD MADE IN THE PREPARATORY STAGE.
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+WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO YET AND THE SLOG WILL CONTINUE AS WE PLAN AND IMPLEMENT THE FURTHER RESTRICTIONS. BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT, WITH THE GOODWILL AND CO-OPERATION OF ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE STEADILY TOWARDS OUR TARGET OF A 25 PER CENT SAVING IN CONSUMPTION OVER THE WINTER MONTHS.+
NOTE TO NEUS EDITORS:
IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM THE PRESS, RADIO AND TELEVISION SERVICES, FOR HELP IN COVERING THE TURN-OFF OF WATER VALVES TOMORROW NIGHT, THE WATERWORKS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CORDIALLY INVITES NEUSHEN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING TWO FACILITIES :-
1.HONG KONG ISLAND
LOCATION: JUNCTION OF KING'S ROAD AND KAM HONG STREET. FROM 9.30 P.M., WATERWORKS STAFF WILL BE WORKING THEIR WAY FROM THIS LOCATION EASTWARDS ALONG KING'S ROAD TO HEALTHY STREET EAST.
2.KOWLOON
LOCATION:
IN NAM CHEONG STREET, OUTSIDE BLOCK 16 OF PAK TIN HOUSING ESTATE. OPERATIONS HERE WILL BEGIN AT ABOUT 9.30 P.M. ALSO. A GOOD WAY OF CETTING THERE IS TO DRIVE ALONG CORNWALL STREET AND ITS EXTENSION
PREVRY
AND TO TURN LEFT AT THE ROUNDABOUT INTO NAM CHEONG STREET.
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