XN000022-1974-09-25 — Page 2

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1974

WATER CHIEF'S REMINDER TO INDUSTRY

THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS EVERYONE TO PLAY THEIR PART

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AS THE FIRST WATER RESTRICTIONS WERE ABOUT TO BE INTRODUCED TONIGHT CWEDNESDAY), THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. BILL KNIGHT, GAVE AN EMPHATIC NEW REMINDER TO ALL INDUSTRIALISTS AND THE OPERATORS OF COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES THAT, WHATEVER THEIR LOCATION AND WHATEVER THEIR ROLE IN INDUSTRY, THEY WOULD BE EXPECTED TO PLAY A FULL AND LEADING PART IN THE COMMUNITY'S WATER SAVING EFFORT.

MR. KNIGHT GAVE THIS REMINDER, IN ANNOUNCING THAT THREE ADDITIONAL AREAS, IN CHAI WAN, WONG CHUK HANG AND TSUEN WAN, HAD BEEN DEFINED AS ZONES WHERE A 24-HOUR SUPPLY WOULD BE MAINTAINED.

+1 CANNOT STRESS TOO STRONGLY+, HE SAID, THAT IF AN INDUSTRIALIST'S PREMISES FELL WITHIN A SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE, THIS DOES NOT RELIEVE HIM OF THE DUTY TO SAVE. THE REVERSE IS TRUE. THE COMMUNITY WILL RIGHTLY EXPECT HIM TO DO HIS BIT AND THE GOVERNMENT, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WILL BE SEEKING EVIDENCE THAT HE IS DOING IT.

+ANY .CONCESSION WILL NOT BE GIVEN AS OF RIGHT, BUT AS A PRIVILEGE, AND PRIVILEGES CONFERRED BY POPULAR CONSENSUS IMPLY A CLEAR EXTRA OBLIGATION FOR AN EXTRA EFFORT.

+ THE SAME PRINCIPLE+, HE ADDED, +WILL APPLY ALSO TO INDUSTRIALISTS AND BUSINESS HEADS WHOSE WORKS ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE SPECIAL ZONES, WHETHER THEIR LINE OF INDUSTRY IS IN THE MANUFACTURING OR THE NON-MANUFACTURING SPHERE.

+ IN PARTICULAR, NO APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT WILL EVEN BE CONSIDERED UNLESS THE APPLICANT CAN SHOW THAT HE HAS DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE HIMSELF TO ENSURE, THROUGH ECONOMIES AND THROUGH PERMITTED STORAGE FACILITIES, AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY TO KEEP GOING.+

MR. KNIGHT SAID THAT HIS RENEWED REMINDER WAS BASED ON POSITIVE, NOT NEGATIVE, THINKING.

+ IN IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS+, HE EXPLAINED, THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING A MEASURE OF SACRIFICE FROM ALL CITIZENS. WE ARE ASKING THEM TO ACCEPT SOME HARDSHIP AND TO SAVE ANY THING THEY CAN. FINALLY, WE ARE APPEALING TO THEM TO GIVE THE RESTRICTIONS A CHANCE BY TAKING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO THEM.

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+1 AM UTTERLY UNWILLING+, HE ADDED, +TO MAKE THIS SORT OF APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE AT LARGE - WHICH BOILS DOWN, IN FACT, TO CITIZENS WHO ALL, AS INDIVIDUALS, CONTRIBUTE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO OUR COMMON WELL-BEING AND TO TAKE A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TO CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS.

/+WE HAVE ........