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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1975

+THE SUCCESS OF A SEMINAR LIKE THIS DEPENDS LARGELY UPON HOW MUCH THE PARTICIPANTS THEMSELVES PUT INTO IT. THIS IS NOT A FORM OF PASSIVE EDUCATION, DURING WHICH YOU WILL MERELY LISTEN AND LEARN FROM OUR DISTINGUISHED VISITORS, THOUGH YOU WILL DO THIS FOR SOME OF THE TIME. THE REAL VALUE OF A SEMINAR COMES FROM THE CLASH OF MINDS, THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND EXPERIENCE, AND THE ABSORPTION OF OTHER MEN'S THOUGHTS.

+SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE WONDERED WHETHER I WOULD ASK, IN THE DOG IN THE MANGER MANNER WHICH IS EXPECTED OF ME, HOW ON EARTH YOU ARE ABLE TO SPARE SO MUCH TIME FROM YOUR ORDINARY DUTIES. YOU WILL BE RELIEVED TO HEAR THAT, ON THE CONTRARY, I BELIEVE THAT YOUR PRESENCE HERE DOES YOU CREDIT.

+FIRSTLY, YOUR PRESENCE SHOWS THAT YOU HAVE A SOUND SENSE OF PRIORITIES. SINCE YOU ACCEPT THE FACT THAT. HOWEVER SENIOR AND EXPERIENCED YOU MAY BE, YOU REMAIN A LEARNER AND THAT YOU BADLY NEED THE STIMULATION OF OTHER ADLE MINDS.

+SECONDLY, IT SUGGESTS THAT YOU HAVE SO ARRANGED THE AFFAIRS OF YOUR DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE THAT YOU CAN BE ABSENT FROM IT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WITHOUT CONCERM. ANYONE WHO TRIES TO ORGANISE HIS DEPARTMENT SO AS TO MAKE HIMSELF

INDISPENSABLE IS DOING IT AND HIMSELF A GRAVE DISSERVICE. BEST LEADERS ENSURE THAT THEIR OGANISATIONS WORK AS EFFECTIVELY WHEN THEY ARE ABSENT AS WHEN THEY ARE THERE.

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+ WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT THIS SEMINAR, AND THE OTHERS WHICH ARE TO FOLLOW IT, ATTRACTED MANY MORE APPLICATIONS THAN THERE WERE PLACES AVAILABLE. THIS PROVES THAT THERE IS, AMONG THE DIRECTORATE, A REAL INTEREST IN THE STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENT AND A GENUINE INTEREST IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MACHINE, AND IN ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN SERVING OUR PUBLIC.

+1 WISH YOU ALL A PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE SEMINAR.+

RESERVOIRS 94 PER CENT FULL ****

A TOTAL OF 63,037 MILLION CALLONS OF WATER WERE IN STORE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. THIS (MONDAY) MORNING, REPRESENTING 93.7 PER CENT OF THE FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS.

ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR THE TOTAL STORAGE WAS ONLY 56,116 MILLION GALLONS.

PLOVER COVE, HONG KONG'S BIGGEST RESERVOIR, HELD 48,895 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 96.8 PER CENT OF ITS FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, IT HELD 40,219 MILLION GALLONS.

TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR STANDS AT 2,979.4 MM (117.3 IN). THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL THIS YEAR IS 2,147.5 MM (04.55 IN).