WEDNESDAY, MAY 9,
MAY 9, 1990
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ELECTRICITY VOLTAGE TO BE UPGRADED
BY THE EXECUTIVE HONG KONG SHOULD HE THE HON ANSON CHAN,
IT HAS BEEN DECIDED FOLLOWING CONSIDERATION COUNCIL THAT THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY VOLTAGE IN UPGRADED, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, ANNOUNCED IN A STATEMENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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THROUGH MRS CHAN SAID ELECTRICITY VOLTAGE WOULD BE UPGRADED
CURRENT 200 VOLTS SINGLE-PHASE CAREFULLY PHASED PROGRAMME FROM THE AND 346 VOLTS THREE-PHASE TO 220 VOLTS AND 380 VOLTS RESPECTIVELY.
THE PHASED PROGRAMME WOULD BE SPREAD OVER
YEARS.
APPROXIMATELY
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"THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO DECIDED THAT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SHOULD BE SET TO BE KNOWN AS THE SUPPLY VOLTAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UP TO PLAN AND OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS UPGRADING EXERCISE, SHE SAID.
MRS CHAN SAID THE UPGRADING'S LIKELY IMPACT ON THE BEEN FULLY CONSIDERED IN A DETAILED EXAMINATION.
"
PUBLIC HAD
WILL NOT APPLIANCES,
"
SATISFIED THAT THE UPGRADE "ON THE WHOLE, WE ARE ADVERSELY AFFECT THE OPERATION OF EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND SHE SAID.
THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC
AS
SERVICES SAID THE UPGRADING PRACTICAL TESTS DECISION FOLLOWED A SERIES OF CONSULTANCY STUDIES, AND CONSULTATION WITH A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF RELEVANT BODIES SUCH THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS AND ENGINEERING PROFESSION.
THE UPGRADING WOULD OFFER A NUMBER OF BENEFITS, SHE SAID.
IT WOULD PUT HONG KONG ON A SYSTEM CURRENTLY
THE
THE MOST COMMON
IN THE WORLD AND THEREFORE OFFERED WIDER CONSUMER CHOICE.
AS A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF
THE APPLIANCES AND THE
UPGRADE, THEIR
EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE
WERE ALREADY RATED AT 220V AND WITH WOULD BE ENHANCED AND THEIR LIFE SPAN EXTENDED.
LOW VOLTAGE SYSTEM OF POWER ALSO, THE CAPACITY OF EXISTING SUPPLY WOULD BE ENHANCED THROUGH THE UPGRADING OF VOLTAGE,
FOR INDUSTRY
THE UPGRADING
WOULD IMPROVE PLANT EFFICIENCY WHICH WAS LIKELY TO RESULT IN DEFERRAL OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.
STILL BE
WHICH WERE RATED SAFELY OPERATED
MRS CHAN SAID THAT EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES
COULD MAINTAINED, PROPERLY
AT 200V, IF BEFORE THEY WERE EVENTUALLY REPLACED.
"FURTHERMORE, WITH
WORKS THERE
THE ELECTRICITY
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AND SHE SAID.
ON WIRING
WORKERS,
THE RECENT OVERHAUL OF LEGISLATION, WHICH WILL PROVIDE STRICTER STANDARDS AND THE PERFORMANCE
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS SHOULD BE ADEQUATE MEANS OF ENSURING SAFETY,
OF
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