XN000022-1985-02-25 — Page 9

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1985

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TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE

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ELECTRIC ROAD BETWEEN BOAT STREET AND FUK YUEN STREET IN NORTH POINT WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FOR SIX HOURS FROM MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 28) AND FROM MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY (MARCH 1) FOR WORK ON A FOOTBRIDGE.

DURING THE CLOSURE, ELECTRIC ROAD BETWEEN FUK YUEN STREET AND POWER STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED TWO WAYS, WHILE POWER STREET WILL BECOME ONE-WAY NORTHBOUND. ALL VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED TO TURN LEFT FROM OIL STREET INTO KING'S ROAD EASTBOUND, WHERE THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE THE SECTION BETWEEN OIL STREET AND POWER STREET,

VEHICLES HEADING FOR CITY GARDEN SHOULD PROCEED VIA OIL STREET, KING'S ROAD EASTBOUND, POWER STREET AND ELECTRIC ROAD. THOSE HEADING FOR FORTRESS HILL ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED VIA OIL STREET, KING'S ROAD EASTBOUND, NORTH POINT ROAD, JAVA ROAD, TONG SHUI ROAD AND KING'S ROAD WESTBOUND.

NOTE TO TV NEWS EDITORS:

PLEASE BROADCAST THE ABOVE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN YOUR MORNING TRAFFIC BULLETINS.

WATER FIGURE

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STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 68.4 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 401.111 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 486,601 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 83.0 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.