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MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1986

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GIRL GUIDES HELP CLEAN-UP

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GIRL GUIDES FROM THE LING NAM MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL GIVE UP PART OF THEIR PLAYTIME AFTER SCHOOL ON JANUARY 29 (WEDNESDAY) TO HELP MEMBERS OF THE ST. JAMES SETTLEMENT SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICES WHITEWASH AND CLEAN-UP THEIR CLUB HOUSE AT 98A KENNEDY ROAD,

THIS ACTIVITY, WHICH WILL START AT 4 PM, IS SPONSORED BY URBAN COUNCIL'S KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SCHEME, AND AS A PRELUDE TO THE COUNCIL'S CITY-WIDE YEAR-END CLEAN- UP OPERATION BEGINNING NEXT MONTH.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THIS EVENT.

SLOPE WORK PLANNED

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TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FOR STABILISATION WORK ON SLOPES ABOVE ISLAND ROAD FROM WONG CHUK HANG TO DEEP WATER BAY.

WORK ON THE SLOPES IS EXPECTED TO START IN MAY AND TAKE ABOUT 10 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

WATER STORAGE ***

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 63.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 373.211 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 409.508 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 69.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

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