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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1982

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WATER STORAGE ***

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 42.2 PER CENT OF CAPACITY, OR 243.812 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS IS ABOUT 215 DAYS' CONSUMPTION.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 267.710 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 46.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

+SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+ DRAWS CROWDS

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+SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+, A SOUND-ON-SLIDE PRESENTATION ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY BEING HELD IN THE KESWICK HALL OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY VISITORS.

SINCE ITS OPENING LAST FRIDAY, THE 12-MINUTE AUDIO-VISUAL SHOW HAS ATTRACTED OVER 8 000 VISITORS.

THE VISITORS WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE SHOW'S SOUND AND LIGHTING EFFECTS AND THE SIMPLE AND CONCISE MESSAGE IT CONVEYS.

COMMENTED A 24-YEAR-OLD PLASTIC WORKER, MR CHAN MAN-TAK: +THE COMBINATION OF IMAGES WITH SPECIAL EFFECTS AND THE INTERPLAY OF SOUND AND LIGHTING IS VERY ENTERTAINING.+

MESSAGE

APART FROM BEING ENTERTAINING, THE SHOW CONVEYED A SIMPLE

+YOUR LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL; DON'T WRECK IT BY BEING CARELESS IN YOUR PLACE OF WORK+, HE SAID.

VISITORS CAN ALSO TAKE PART IN AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY QUIZ ORGANISED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOW.

THE VISITORS CAN OBTAIN HINTS FROM TWO +QUESTION AND ANSWER+ MACHINES WHICH FORM PART OF A STATIC DISPLAY OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND TICK THE CORRECT ANSWER ON THE STUBS OF THEIR ADMISSION TICKETS.

THE WINNING TICKETS WILL BE DRAWN AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE SHOW AND WILL BE ADVERTISED IN THE LOCAL PRESS ON MARCH 10.

THE TWO MAIN PRIZES ARE A THREE-IN-ONE MUSIC CENTRE AND A REFRIGERATOR. IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE 60 CONSOLATION PRIZES, INCLUDING CAMERAS DONATED BY KODAK AND HOME PRODUCTS CONTRIBUTED BY 3M FAR EAST LTD.

THE SHOW OPENS DAILY FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM UNTIL FEBRUARY 28. THE OPENING HOURS ON THE FINAL DAY, MARCH 1, WILL BE FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM.