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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1981

PUBLIC URGED NOT TO WASTE WATER

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THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR WILLIAM TUCKER, TODAY APPEALED TO PEOPLE NOT TO STORE MORE WATER THAN NECESSARY, SO AS TO AVOID WASTE.

THE APPEAL CAME HOURS BEFORE THE START OF THE FIRST PHASE OF WATER RESTRICTIONS WHICH WILL COME INTO FORCE AT 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT.

MR TUCKER SAID THAT EXPERIENCE SHOWED THAT PEOPLE TEND TO STORE WATER IN BUCKETS OR BATHS DURING WATER RESTRICTIONS AND TO POUR OR LET IT OUT THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

+THERE IS ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN GENUINE NEED OF STORING MUCH WATER BECAUSE THEY WORK LATE AND START WORK EARLY.

+ IF CONSUMERS FIND IT NECESSARY TO STORE WATER, ONLY ENOUGH SHOULD BE STORED FOR OVERNIGHT NEEDS AS SUPPLIES WILL RESUME EARLY IN THE MORNING, HE SAID.

MR TUCKER AGAIN REMINDED CONSUMERS THAT IT WAS ADVISABLE TO BOIL ALL DRINKING WATER, PARTICULARLY WATER STORED IN CONTAINERS SUCH AS TANKS, BUCKETS OR BINS.

+ALTHOUGH THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS TAKING EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE THE PURITY OF MAINS SUPPLY, THERE IS ALWAYS A SLIGHT RISK OF CONTAMINATION AT TIMES WHEN SUPPLY IS CUT OFF,+ HE ADDED.

MR TUCKER DID NOT EXPECT ANY MAJOR OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS IN THE SWITCHING ON AND OFF OF SUPPLIES.

+HOWEVER, HE SAID, ANYONE WHO EXPERIENCES ANY DIFFICULTY OR HAS ANY QUERY SHOULD CALL 5-8915223 IF HE LIVES ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND 3-913433 FOR KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITOR IES WHICH ARE MANNED DURING SUPPLY HOURS -- FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM.

RESIGNATION CONFIRMED

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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED TODAY THAT MR WISDEIN MCINNES, COMMISSIONED FOR SECURITIES, HAS RESIGNED FOR PERSONAL REASONS. T-E HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE AT AN APPROPRIATE SENIOR LEVEL.

IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE HAS IN MIND SECONDING MR ROBERT FELL, THEIR PRESENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE.

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THE SPOKES AN ADDED THAT THE USUAL RECRUITING PROCESS FOR A SUBSTANTIVE APPOINTMENT OF A COMISSIONER FOR SECURITIES IS IN TRAIN,

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