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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1974

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* GENEROUS FRINGE BENEFITS, SUCH AS MEDICAL CLINICS,

EDUCATION ALLOWANCES, GRANTS AND LOANS, MATERNITY ALLOWANCES, SUBSIDISED DENTAL TREATMENT AND LONG SERVICE/RETIREMENT BENEFITS.

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PROVISION OF A HANDBOOK TO EVERY NEW EMPLOYEE SETTING OUT TERMS OF CONDITIONS, REDUNDANCY PAY, DISCIPLINARY REGULATIONS AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.

+THE COMPANY HAS ALSO RECOGNISED MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL,+ HE SAID.

+ WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE COMPANY HAS SPENT $7 MILLION ON PLANT EQUIPMENT OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS TO PROVIDE BETTER COMBUSTION CONTROL ON SULPHUR OXIDES AND POLLUTION-PRODUCING SHOKE BEING OMITTED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

+ACCORDING TO OUR POLLUTION SAMPLES OVER THE PERIOD, THIS EXPENDITURE HAS BROUGHT ABOUT A QUITE REMARKABLE 92 PER CENT REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION IN THE SMOKE EMITTED BY CHINA LIGHT.+

AS PART OF HIS VISIT, MR. PRICE INSPECTED THE HOK UN POWER STATION.

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED ON HIS INSPECTION TOUR BY THE CHIEF LABOUR OFFICER (LABOUR RELATIONS), MR. TSUI TIM-FOOK. AND THE DEPARTMENT'S PRINCIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER, MR. BARRY WALSH.

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WATER SITUATION REPORT

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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (TUESDAY) STOOD AT 33.523 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 49.8 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 64,625 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.

THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 25.709 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 49,543 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 50.9 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.

DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY, 1.1 MM (0.04 IN) OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 1,373.8 MM (54.09 IN).

THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2.042.5 MM (80.41 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 32-7 PER CENT.

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