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DISADVANTAGES OF SUMMER TIME

(I)

(II)

(III)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1988

IT IS TROUBLESOME TO HAVE TO ADJUST CLOCKS TWICE PER YEAR AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE SUMMER TIME PERIOD;

P

MANY PEOPLE GET UP EARLY

WORKERS HOUSEWIVES, STUDENTS, AND EARLY MORNING WALKERS AND APPRECIATE THE EXTRA HOUR OF DAYLIGHT IN THE MORNING;

-

HEATING

AN

OWING TO LATER SUNSET, THE REMNANT OF AFTERNOON

THE LINGERS ON INTO

EARLY PART OF THE NIGHT UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN CROWDED CONDITIONS; AND

(IV)

ARISE

IN CONNECTION

WITH

THE

SOME DIFFICULTIES COULD RE-SCHEDULING OF FLIGHTS INTO AND OUT OF HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

ITS

THE URBAN COUNCIL AT

MEETING ON DECEMBER 8 LAST YEAR UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE GOVERNMENT THE REINTRODUCTION OF SUMMER TIME IN 1988.

THE GROUNDS FOR THIS WERE THAT SUMMER TIME WOULD HAVE A DIRECT BEARING BOTH ADMINISTRATIVELY AND FINANCIALLY ON THE

MAINTAINING ONE IN

OF ITS STATUTORY FUNCTIONS, RECREATION, INDIRECTLY AFFECTING THE CITIZENS OF HONG TO ENJOY SUCH FACILITIES.

FOR

COUNCIL'S WORK FACILITIES

KONG WHO WISH

ON MARCH 1 THIS YEAR, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL'S ENVIRONMENTAL

OF SUMMER HIGIENE COMMITTEE CAME OUT IN SUPPORT

TIME, AS DID THE COUNCIL'S RECREATION AND CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE ON MARCH 8.

OF

THE TWO REASONS MOST WIDELY QUOTED WERE THE CONVENIENCE MOVING IN LINE WITH CHINA, AND THE BETTER UTILISATION OF SPORTS GROUNDS AND PARKS IN THE EVENINGS.

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WHEN THE FULL REGIONAL COUNCIL

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EXPRESSED A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS WHILE EMPHASISING THAT THEY WERE

CAPACITIES.

CONSIDERED THE SUBJECT ON MARCH DISAGREEMENT

SUMMER TIME WITH SPEAKING IN THEIR PERSONAL

IN

THE SYSTEM OF ADOPTING GMT+9 IN SUMMER WAS FIRST INTRODUCED HONG KONG IN THE 1940'S. DURING THE OIL CRISIS IN 1973, GMT+9 WAS INTRODUCED IN WINTER AS ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ENERGY SAVING MEASURES.

COUNCIL DECIDED THAT GMT+8 FROM COMMENCING

IN JANUARY 1977, THE EXECUTIVE INSTEAD OF GMT+9 SHOULD BE ADOPTED IN THE SUMMER APRIL 1977 FOR A TRIAL TO GIVE THE PUBLIC DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF IT.

COMPREHENSIVE

TOWARDS THE END OF THAT

REVIEW то

FIND

SUMMER, THE GOVERNMENT UNDERTOOK

OUT WHICH TIME SYSTEM THE PUBLIC

A

PREFERRED.

THE RESULTS