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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1988

GOVERNOR SEES PROGRESS AT POWER STATION AND LRT

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WHEN THE CASTLE PEAK B STATION BECOMES FULLY EARLY 1990, IT WOULD, TOGETHER WITH THE 'A' STATION, MAKE

SOUTHEAST PEAK STATION COMPLEX THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

WILL

OPERY

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CONAL IN CASTLE

IA, THE

4,350

A PROVIDE

TOTAL CAPACITY OF "THE TWO STATIONS

SIR DAVID SAID. MEGAWATTS TO MEET DEMAND GROWTH OF THE EARLY 1990'S,

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SPEAKING AFTER A VISIT TO THE CASTLE PEAK 'B' STATION CURRENTLY SAID THIS STATION WOULD GENERATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE GOVERNOR

THE WHEREAS MEGAWATTS,

ADJACENT 'A' THAN CAPACITY OF MORE

2,700 STATION CURRENTLY GENERATES A CAPACITY OF 1,650 MEGAWATTS.

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BY THE CHAIRMAN

CHAIRMAN,

DEPUTY

SIR W.F. STONES; AND THE PEAK POWER COMPANY, MR

ON ARRIVAL AT THE SITE, THE GOVERNOR WAS MET

THE KADOORIE; OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER, LORD

MR DIRECTOR, SIDNEY

THE MANAGING GORDON; CHAIRMAN OF EXXON ENERGY LIMITED AND CASTLE M.J. CLANCY.

AND INFORMATION

DURING A TOUR OF THE NEWLY COMPLETED TRAINING CENTRE, SIR DAVID SAW A WIDE RANGE OF EXHIBITS COVERING THE HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY AND ITS USAGES.

WAS OPEN ΤΟ VISITORS INCLUDING HE WAS TOLD THAT THE CENTRE GROUPS FROM SCHOOLS AND OTHER INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS.

WAS THE MAIN FUEL FOR THE THE GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT COAL BOILERS BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER, ON AN EQUIVALENT HEAT BASIS, THAN OIL. THE PROGRESSIVE SWITCH TO COAL HAD ENABLED THE COMPANY TO COST OF ELECTRICITY BY 4.4 CENTS SINCE 1983.

REDUCE THE

MAIN CONTROL OPERATION TRAINING OF OPERATIONAL

SIR DAVID TALKED TO THE OPERATIONAL STAFF IN THE ROOM. HE WAS ALSO SHOWN A SHORT DEMONSTRATION ON THE ACTUAL

USED FOR THE OF THE REAL TIME SIMULATORS STAFF.

ON HIS VISIT TO THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT OFFICE IN TUEN

NEW GOVERNOR WAS BRIEFED ON THE EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM.

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THE BILLION

SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT WHEN FULLY COMPLETED IN THE MID-1990'S, HOUR, SUFFICIENT THE LRT WOULD BE CAPABLE OF MOVING 70,000 PEOPLE AN TO MEET PROJECTED DEMAND WELL INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.

/THE GOVERNOR