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SCHOOL HOLIDAY FOR QUEEN'S VISIT

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MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1975

SCHOOL CHILDREN IN HONG KONG WILL BE GIVEN A SPECIAL HOLIDAY ON MONDAY, MAY 5, THE FIRST FULL DAY OF THE QUEEN AND DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S VISIT TO HONG KONG.

THE GOVERNMENT FEELS THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN, SHOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE ROYAL COUPLE.

THE PROGRAMME FOR THE QUEEN ON THE DAY OF THE SCHOOL HOLIDAY INCLUDES A STATE DRIVE THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST CROWDED PARTS OF KOWLOON AND VISITS TO THE MORSE PARK SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, THE OI MAN HOUSING ESTATE, AN EXHIBITION OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS AT THE NEW HUNG HOM RAILWAY TERMINAL AND, IN THE EVENING, A FIREWORKS DISPLAY AND THE HORSE RACES.

ALTHOUGH NO STATUTORY HOLIDAY IS BEING OBSERVED EMPLOYERS ARE ENCOURAGED, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, TO ALLOW THEIR STAFF TIME OFF TO SEE THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH SHOULD THEY BE PASSING BY.

WEEKLY WATER SITUATION REPORT

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HONG KONG'S TOTAL WATER STORAGE AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY STOOD

AT 45,733 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 68.0 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE STORAGE WAS 39,375 MILLION GALLONS.

PLOVER COVE'S STORAGE THIS MORNING STOOD AT 35,367 MILLION GALLONS 70 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50.500 MILLION GALLONS COMPARED WITH 31,851 ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR,

A TOTAL OF 0.9 MM (0.04 IN) OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY.

TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 154.6 MM (6.09 IN), THE TOTAL MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 169.3 MM (6.67 IN).

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