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MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1975.

WEEKLY WATER SITUATION REPORT

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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 54,037 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 20.3 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 51,205 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.

THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 39,743 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 40,045 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 78.7 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.

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NO RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE FIRST WEEK THIS YEAR.

NEW SHELTERED WORKSHOP FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN ******

THE PO LEUNG KUK'S NEW SHELTERED WORKSHOP FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT 4 P.M.

THE WORKSHOP IS SITUATED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE WEST BLOCK OF THE PO LEUNG KUK IN LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG, AND IS NAMED AFTER THE LIONS CLUB OF TAI PING SHAN FOR ITS DONATION TOWARDS THE CAPITAL COST.

IT WILL CATER FOR 40 MENTALLY RETARDED FEMALES, HALF OF WHOM WILL BE THOSE ALREADY UNDER THE CARE OF THE KUK AND THE OTHER HALF FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE OPENING CEREMONY COVERED. COPIES OF MR. LEE'S SPEECH IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH G.I.S. TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

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