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MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1990

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MR HAMMOND WAS

GIVEN A GENERAL BRIEFING BY THE COMPANY'S DIRECTOR, MISS LILY CHIANG, AND WAS TAKEN ON A TOUR OF VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE PLANT.

EMPLOYS 500 WORKERS, INCLUDING PLANS ΤΟ EMPLOY MORE SUITABLE DISABLED

HE WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPANY TWO DISABLED PERSONS, AND WORKERS WHERE POSSIBLE.

MR HAMMOND WAS ALSO PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THE COMPANY HAS MAINTAINED A GOOD SAFETY RECORD WITH A SAFETY COMMITTEE COMPRISING A SAFETY OFFICER, SECTION SUPERVISORS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH THE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES.

BEFORE CONCLUDING THE VISIT, MR HAMMOND DISCUSSED WITH THE MANAGEMENT THE LABOUR RELATIONS AND STAFF WELFARE SITUATION IN THE COMPANY.

WATER STORAGE FIGURE

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 41.1 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 240.604 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 202.046 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 34.5 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

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WATER CUTS IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND YAU MA TEI

FLUSHING WATER SUPPLY TO CERTAIN PREMISES IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM 9.30 AM TO 3 PM ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 2) TO FACILITATE WATER WORKS.

THE SUSPENSION WILL AFFECT THE WHOLE AREA OF TSUEN WAN AND CERTAIN PREMISES IN KWAI CHUNG, INCLUDING SHEUNG KWAI CHUNG, HA KWAI CHUNG AND CONTAINER TERMINALS.

ON THE SAME DAY, FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO CERTAIN PREMISES IN YAU MA TEI WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM 11 PM TO 6 AM THE NEXT DAY TO FACILITATE LEAKAGE TESTS.

THE SUSPENSION WILL AFFECT CERTAIN PREMISES BOUNDED BY WATERLOO ROAD, SHANGHAI STREET, WING SING LANE, RECLAMATION STREET, PUBLIC SQUARE STREET, CHING PING STREET, TUNG KUN STREET AND

CANTON

ROAD.

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