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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1974

+ORIENTATION DAY+ AT SOCIAL WORK TRAINING INSTITUTE

NOTE TO EDITORS:

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THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL WORK TRAINING WILL BE HOLDING AN +ORIENTATION DAY+ FOR NEW STUDENTS ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 300 TO MARK THE START OF ITS NEW ACADEMIC YEAR.

THIS YEAR, 75 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR THE TWO-YEAR COURSE THAT LEADS TO A CERTIFICATE IN SOCIAL CORK. WITH THOSE WHO ARE MOVING INTO THE SECOND YEAR OF THE COURSE, THE

TOGETHER INSTITUTE WILL HAVE 125 STUDENTS UNDER TRAINING.

THE CEREMONY ON MONDAY WILL START AT 9.30 A.M. WITH OPENING REMARKS BY MR. L.B. MACQUARRIE, THE PRINCIPAL.

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, R. THOMAS LEE, WILL THEN ADDRESS THE GATHERING OF STUDENTS, FACULTY STAFF, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE'S ACADENIC BOARD AND OTHER GUESTS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE HELD · IN THE GYMNASIUM OF THE LADY TRENCH TRAINING CENTRE AT 44 01 KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG (NEAR THE MORRISON HILL SWIMMING POOL).

SPEECHES OF BOTH SPEAKERS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE CEREMONY AND ALSO THROUGH G.I.S. THAT DAY.

WATER SITUATION REPORT

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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (THURSDAY) STOOD AT 35,264 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 52.4 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67.300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 66,079 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.

THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 27.129 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 50.346 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 53.7 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.

4.7 MM (0.19 IND 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 IS 1,372.0 MM (54.02 IN).

THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 1,960.5 MM (77-19 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 30.0 PER CENT.

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