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FRANJURI Į

VUHT

1977

WATER RESTRICTIONS SECOND PHASE FROM TOMORROW

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THE SECOND PHASE OF HONG KONG'S WATER RESTRICTIONS WILL COME INTO FORCE TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

THE TEN-HOUR SUPPLY WILL BE DIVIDED BETWEEN A FOUR-HOUR

MORNING PERIOD AND A SIX-HOUR EVENING PERIOD.

IN THE MORNING, THE HOURS OF SUPPLY WILL BE FROM 6 A.M. TO 10 A.M. WHILE THE EVENING SUPPLY PERIOD WILL BE FROM 4 P.M. TO 10 P.M.

ANNOUNCING THIS LAST WEEK, THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. WILLIAM TUCKER, SAID THAT TO HAVE FURTHER POSTPONED THE PHASE II RESTRICTIONS THE WATER STORAGE WOULD HAVE HAD TO REACH 35,000 MILLION GALLONS.

AT 9 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, THE RESERVOIRS HELD ONLY 30,192 MILLION GALLONS OR 44.8 PER CENT OF THEIR TOTAL CAPACITY.

AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, STORAGE WAS 52,328 MILLION GALLONS OR 77.7 PER CENT OF TOTAL CAPACITY.

BUILD-UP OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN NEW TOWN

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THE BUILDING OF THE THREE NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAS REACHED A NEW STAGE WITH GREATER EMPHASIS NOW BEING PLACED ON PROVIDING COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

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SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF NEW TERRITORIES, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY THAT IN THE PAST ALMOST THE ENTIRE DEVELOP- MENT EMPHASIS HAD BEEN ON HOMES AND WORK.

+NOW WE CAN SEE SECONDARY SCHOOLS BEING CONSTRUCTED ALONGSIDE THE HOUSING ESTATES, TOGETHER WITH POLICE, FIRE STATIONS, POLY- CLINICS AND SO ON, HE SAID,

+BROADLY SPEAKING, THE AIM IS TO KEEP IN PROPER BALANCE THE PROVISION OF THESE FACILITIES WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE WELL-BEING AND CONTENTMENT OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

+HOPEFULLY, LACK OF SCHOOLS AND QUEUES AT POLYCLINICS WILL NOT OCCUR IN OUR NEW TOWNS.

+WE MAY NOT GET PROVISION ENTIRELY IN BALANCE BUT IT WILL

NOT BE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT TRIED.+

MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THE MAIN EMPHASIS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WAS TAKING PLACE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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HE SAID HE WAS VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE DISRUPTION AND DISTURB- ANCE THIS BROUGHT TO EXISTING COMMUNITIES, THE GOVERNMENT WILL DO WHATEVER IT CAN LEGITIMATELY TO CUSHION THE EFFECTS OF THIS DISTURBANCE,+ HE SAID.

+BUT WE MUST NOT FORGET THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS LIFE FOR OUR PEOPLE.+

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