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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1991

FREQUENCIES FOR GMB ROUTES NO. 29 AND 61M WILL ALSO BE

INCREASED.

OF

AT MACAU FERRY TERMINAL, PASSENGERS ARE ADVISED TO MAKE USE THE BUS SERVICES OF ROUTE NO. 2, 109, 111. 119, 141, 182 AND A2 DEPARTING FROM A NEARBY BUS TERMINUS OR THE MTR SERVICE.

PASSENGERS ARE

ADVISED ΤΟ

AT CHINA PERRY TERMINAL EN KOWLOON, TAKE BUS NO. 30, 12, 11 AND 238X AND GMB ROUTE NO. 6 HEADING FOR WHAMPOA.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT APPEALED TO AIR PASSENGERS LEAVING HONG KONG TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET TO THE AIRPORT BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

PUBLIC URGED TO SAVE WATER

WONG

KWOK-LAI, TODAY

THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR (TUESDAY) APPEALED TO THE PUBLIC TO EXERCISE MAXIMUM ECONOMY IN THE USE OF WATER.

THE APPRAL CAME IN THE LIGHT OF THE CURRENT LOW LEVEL OF WATER STORAGE AND THE BELOW AVERAGE HAINFALL. FORECAST BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, MR WONG SAID THE RESERVOIR STORAGE AS AT 9 AM TODAY SLOOD AT 154.3 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 26.3 PER CENT OF THE PULL CAPACITY, INCLUDING 26 MILLION CUBIC METRES YIELDED FROM THE RAINFALL IN THE PAST FEW DAYS.

THIS COMPARED WITH 255.4 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 43.6 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

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ALTHOUGH THE RECENT RAINFALL HAS HELPED THE GENERAL STORAGE POSITION SLIGHTLY, THE CURRENT LEVEL IS STILL A RECORD LOW FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.

"HONG KONG'S WATER SUPPLY SITUATION. IN THE FORTHCOMING MONTHS DEPENDS VERY MUCH ON THE RAINFALL TO BE RECEIVED IN THE REMAINDER OF THE WET SEASON.

'IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE MUST LOOK FOR WAYS TO CUT DOWN WATER CONSUMPTION AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO CONSERVE WATER AND AVOID WASTE," MR WONG SAID.

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QUOTING EXAMPLES, HE SAID PEOPLE SHOULD USE SHOWERS INSTEAD OF BATHS; AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PINES FOR WATERING PLANTS, FOR WASHING, FOR AQUAR LUN RFFILLING AND FOR FLOOR CLEANS ING. CHECKS SHOULD ALSO BE MADE FOR OVERFLOWING TANKS, WORN TAP WASHERS AND OTHER POSSIBLE DEFROTS.

/ON THE

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