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MONDAY, MAY 19, 1975.

OPEN BALLOT FOR BATHING SHEDS

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AN OPEN BALLOT WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY (MAY 22) BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ALLOCATE 21 CLUB AND PRÍVATE BATHING SHEDS ON BEACHES ALONG THE CASTLE PEAK ROAD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

MR. WAN YIU-SING, REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES) OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WILL CONDUCT THE BALLOT WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 11.00 A.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE UNDAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT DEPOT AT SAI YEE STREET, KOWLOON.

MENDERS OF THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR THE BUGDS, ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.

NOTE TO EDITORS. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE BALLOT,

WEEKLY WATER SITUATION REPORT

THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 54,596 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 81.1 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 36,903 MILLION GALLONS.

THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 40,045 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 29,390 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVEN COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 79.3 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.

A TOTAL OF 17.8 1 (0.70 IN.) OF RAINFALL HAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL ODSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 733.4 MM (28.87 IN.).

THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY STANDS AT 422.8 MM (16.65 IN.).

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