XN000022-1978-04-18 — Page 2

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TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1978

WATER RESTRICTIONS LIFTED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

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WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT ALL WATER RESTRICTIONS WILL BE LIFTED THROUGHOUT HONG KONG AND NORMAL SUPPLY RESUMED.

ANNOUNCING THIS DECISION TODAY THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. W.D.A. TUCKER, SAID THAT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SATISFACTORY STORAGE SITUATION AT THE OUTSET OF THE WET SEASON, THE PROSPECT OF AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS AND THE CONTINUED WATER SUPPLY FROM CHINA, THE GOVERNMENT FELT A REVERSION TO NORMAL SUPPLY WAS JUSTIFIED.

MR. TUCKER SAID: +WHEN THE WATER 13 TURNED ON AT 4 P.N. IT WILL STAY ON.+

MR. TUCKER SAID THAT THE SITUATION WOULD BE KEPT UNDER REVIEW, BUT ADDED THAT UNLESS THERE WAS AN UNEXPECTED CHANGE IN FORECASTS A FULL WATER SUPPLY WOULD BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER,

IN THE MEANTIME, OPERATION OF THE DESALTING PLANT AT LOK ON PAI WOULD CONTINUE.

MR. TUCKER ALSO STRESSED THAT ALTHOUGH THE RESTRICTIONS WERE BEING LIFTED THE NEED TO CONSERVE WATER SENSIELY WAS STILL IMPORTANT.

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