MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1984
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TAPS OFF ON THURSDAY
FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO SOME AREAS IN SAI KUNG, RENNIES MILL, WAN CHAI AND KOWLOON CITY WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 27).
IN SAI KUNG AND RENNIES MILL, THE SUPPLY WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM ON THURSDAY FOR MAINS WORK IN SAU MAU PING.
THE SUSPENSION WILL AFFECT VILLAGES AND PREMISES ON CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD, SILVER STRAND AND HIRAM'S HIGHWAY. HANG HAU TOWN, SHAW'S STUDIO BAY SIDE, RENNIES MILL, MA YAU TONG, LAM TIN ESTATE AND ANDERSON ROAD TEMPORARY SQUARE QUARTERING WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.
IN WAN CHAI AND KOWLOON CITY, THE SUPPLY WILL BE TURNED OFF FROM 11 PM ON THURSDAY TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR LEAKAGE TESTS.
THE AREA AFFECTED IN WAN CHAI IS BOUNDED BY O'BRIEN ROAD, HENNESSY ROAD, ARSENAL STREET AND GLOUCESTER ROAD, INCLUDING THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
IN KOWLOON CITY, THE AREA AFFECTED IS BOUNDED BY JUNCTION ROAD, TUNG TAU TSUEN ROAD, PUI MAN STREET, TUNG TSING ROAD, TUNG LUNG ROAD AND TUNG WOR ROAD, INCLUDING POK OI VILLAGE, PUÍ MAN VILLAGE, BLOCK 5 OF TUNG TAU ESTATE, AND MEI PO HOUSE AND MEI TUNG HOUSE OF MEI TUNG ESTATE.
WATER FIGURES * * *
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 86.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 506.144 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 566.096 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 96.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
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