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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1982

TSUEN WAN WORKERS VISIT FACTORIES

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TEN FACTORY WORKERS IN TSUEN WAN, ACTING AS 'AMBASSADORS' TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED A NUMBER OF FIRMS IN TUEN MUN TO GET FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE AND EXCHANGE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE.

THE TRIP, ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD'S INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE AND THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, WAS PART OF THEIR PRIZES FOR WINNING THIS YEAR'S MODEL WORKERS AWARD SCHEME.

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TODAY'S ITINERARY, THE FIRST OF A TWO-DAY PROGRAMME, VISITS TO THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER PLANT AT TAP SHEK KOK, AND A TOY AND A ZIPPER FACTORY IN TUEN MUN.

NEXT MONDAY (DECEMBER 6) THE WORKERS WILL VISIT A DYEING AND A GARMENT MANUFACTURING FIRM BEFORE GOING TO THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT AND THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE.

THE VISITS, HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, ARE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKERS TO GET BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, AND TO PROMOTE THE MODEL WORKERS SCHEME TO OTHER DISTRICTS.

TSUEN WAN, WITH A WORKFORCE OF ABOUT 200 000, IS THE ONLY DISTRICT WHICH HAS BEEN ORGANISING THIS AWARD SCHEME ANNUALLY SINCE 1980.

WATER FIGURES ***

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 79.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY, OR 459.859 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 272.840 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 47.2 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

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