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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1974.

YOUTH FORUM ON SENSE OF BELONGING TOWARDS HONG KONG

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE IN WAN CHAI HAS ORGANISED A YOUTH FORUM ON SENSE OF BELONGING TOWARDS HONG KONG+ TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 19 AT THE LADY TRENCH TRAINING CENTRE.

ABOUT 100 YOUNG STUDENTS AND WORKERS FROM THE DISTRICT ARE BEING INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE PROJECT.

THE PURPOSE OF THE FORUM IS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO CHANNEL THEIR VIEWS TO THE GOVERNMENT. +AND IT IS THEIR SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND THUS REALISE THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY,+ SAID MR. LAM HARK-CHEE, THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER FOR WAN CHAI.

POINTS RAISED IN THE FORUM WILL BE COMPILED IN A REPORT WHICH WILL BE CIRCULATED TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED.

THE FORUM WILL START AT 2.30 P.M. PROGRAMMES INCLUDE AN OPEN FORUM, SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND A PANEL PRESENTATION BY MR. NG CHU-HO OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, UNITED COLLEGE, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG- HR. TONG PIK-CHUEN, CHIEF EDITOR OF SING TAO MAN PAO, AND MR. HOWARD CHENG, A STUDENT.

NOTE TO EDITORS: YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE FORUM. LADY TRENCH TRAINING CENTRE IS LOCATED AT 44, 01 KUAN ROAD, WAN CHA1. CNEAR THE MORRISON HILL SWIMMING POOL).

WATER SITUATION REPORT

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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (THURSDAY) STOOD AT 32,660 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 48.5 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 63.303 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.

THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE UAS 24,906 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 48,782 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 49.3 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.

NO 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 1,395.7 MM (54.95 IND.

THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,064.6 MM (81.28 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 32.4 PER CENT.

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