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WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1990

ALSO BEEN

"SUGGESTIONS TO EXTEND THE CONSULTATION PERIOD HAVE MADE BY A NUMBER OF DISTRET BOARD MEMBERS DURING THEIR MEETINGS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

WITH

BILL THE

"IT IS STILL THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO INTRODUCE THE INTO THE

COUNCEL LEGISLATIVE

BEFORE THE CURRENT

OF SESSION

COUNCIL ENDS IN JULY, HE ADDED.

UP TO YESTERDAY (TUESDAY), THE GOVERNMENT HAD RECEIVED 16 BOARDS WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS. SO FAR, 14 DISTRICT AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK HAVE DISCUSSED THE BILL.

CONSUMERS TO BENEFIT FROM ELECTRICITY SUPPLY VOLTAGE UPGRADING

*

CONSUMERS CAN ENJOY A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE FOLLOWING A

GREATER SELECTION OF VOLTAGE UPGRADING EXERCISE, WHEN A

APPLIANCES

AND EQUIPMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE.

ΤΟ UPGRADE THE WITHIN SEVEN

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A PROPOSAL ELECTRICITY SUPPLY VOLTAGE IN HONG KONG IN THREE STAGES

YEARS.

UNDER THE UPGRADING EXERCISE, THE VOLTAGE OF BE UPGRADED FROM 200 VOLTS SINGLE-PHASE AND 346 VOLTS A CORRESPONDING 220 AND 380 VOLTS.

ELECTRICITY WILL THREE-PHASE ΤΟ

THE ACTING

THE

TODAY ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE EXERCISE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE (WEDNESDAY),

DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL TECHNICAL CONSULTANT SERVICES, MR KWOK PING-KI, SAID ACCORDING TO A COMMISSIONED BY

GOVERNMENT, THE LONG-TERM

OF EFFECT

VOLTAGE

UPGRADING WOULD BE

AND POSITIVE FOR

COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL,

MINOR, NEAR TERM INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS, ALTHOUGH THERE MIGHT BE SOME DISRUPTIONS.

EQUIPMENTS

RATED AT

"CONSUMERS WILL BE BENEFITTED FROM THE EXERCISE APPLIANCES AND

200/380 VOLTS EFFICIENTLY AND HAVE INCREASED LIFE SPAN," MR KWOK SAID.

WILL ENHANCE COUNTRIES

"IN TERMS OF OUR MANUFACTURING TRADE, AN UPGRADE THE EXPORT POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS TO THOSE ALREADY ADOPTING THE UPGRADED VOLTAGE SYSTEM.

AS ELECTRICAL WILL RUN

MORE

"THE USE OF

CAPITAL

EXPENDITURE

FOR

THE EXPANSION

OF

FROM IMPROVEMENT

ELECTRICAL CAPACITY WILL ALSO BE DEFERRED RESULTING OF INDUSTRIAL PLANT EFFICIENCY, HE ADDED.

TT

/THE UPGRADING