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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1988
'ALTHOUGH MINOR LOCALISED BLACKOUTS INEVITABLY OCCUR FROM TIME
LARGE-SCALE TIME,
POWER FAILURES HAVE,
AN FORTUNATELY, BEEN EXTREMELY RARE OCCURRENCE IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
TO
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ON CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR LARGE-SCALE BLACKOUTS, MR JACOBS
POWER SAID THE
COMPANIES HAD ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES DESIGNED TO RESTORE POWER TO AFFECTED AREAS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
"PRIORITY IS, HOWEVER, GIVEN TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES INCLUDING THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND THE AIRPORT.
"KEY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS SUCH AS HOSPITALS AND POLICE STATIONS HAVE THEIR OWN STANDBY GENERATORS TO ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE OF ESSENTIAL ELECTRICITY SUPPLY DURING ANY POWER LOSS.
"THE POLICE AND THE FIRE SERVICES HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY CAN RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO ANY LARGE-SCALE POWER BLACKOUTS, HE SAID.
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MR JACOBS SAID COMPILATION OF STATISTICS ON POWER FAILURES DONE BY THE POWER COMPANIES.
WHENEVER THERE WAS A FAILURE,
WAS
INQUIRIES WERE MADE BY THE COMPANY CONCERNED IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN THE CAUSES SO THAT MEASURES COULD BE ADOPTED ΤΟ PREVENT A RECURRENCE.
THE FINDINGS OF THESE INQUIRIES WERE REPORTED ΤΟ THE
GOVERNMENT.
"THERE ARE, OF COURSE, MANY POSSIBLE CAUSES OF POWER FAILURES.
"THESE INCLUDE EQUIPMENT BREAKDOWN, DAMAGE TO POWER LINES FROM SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS, THIRD PARTY INTERFERENCE AND FAULTS WITHIN CONSUMER INSTALLATIONS, HE ADDED.
PROCEDURES ON SCHOOL STRUCTURAL SAFETY SATISFACTORY
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EXISTING PROCEDURES ARE SATISFACTORY IN ENSURING THE STRUCTURAL
BUILDINGS SAFETY OF SCHOOL
IF THESE
то ARE ADHERED WORKS, THE HON ROBIN CORRECTLY, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND SAUNDERS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SCHOOL PREMISES WERE IN
MAINTAINED STATE OF REPAIR AND STRUCTURAL FAILURES WERE VERY SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON RITA FAN.
GENERAL
IN
A
REASONABLE
RARE,
MR
SAUNDERS
/MRS FAN
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