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TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1991

CROSS-BORDER TALK FOR MORE WATER SUPPLIES CONTINUING

WATER

(TUESDAY) THAT THE CURRENT

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF

MR Y.N. WU, SAID TODAY SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA FOR MORE ADDITIONAL WATER DURING SUPPLY PERIOD ARE STILL CONTINUING.

EARLIER, CHINA HAD, DESPITE THEIR OWN DIFFICULTIES, SUPPLY AN EXTRA 70 MILLION CUBIC METRES (MCM) OUT 110 MCM REQUESTED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

MEANWHILE, MR WU SAID THE RAINFALL IN THE SLIGHTLY IMPROVED THE RESERVOIR STORAGE SITUATION.

AGREED TO OF THE ADDITIONAL

PAST FEW

DAYS

HAD

191.05 MCM OR CENT LAST MONDAY

AT STOOD AS AT 9 AM TODAY, THE STORAGE LEVEL 32.6 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 174.08 MCM OR 29.7 PER (JULY 22).

HOWEVER, THIS IS STILL A FAR CRY FROM THE 50 PER CENT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

CAPACITY

A VERY SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF WATER

HE REITERATED THAT HONG KONG STILL NEEDED RAINFALL IN THE COMING WEEKS IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE RESTRICTION.

THE IN THE MEANTIME,

TAKING

DEPARTMENT

THE

MONITORING THE FOR THE DECISION

CLOSELY IS

AND

PREPARATORY MEASURES SITUATION

ALL IS INTRODUCTION OF WATER RESTRICTIONS. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT A WILL BE MADE SHORTLY.

BE IMPOSED, MR WU THE TWO WEEKS TO MAKE

WILL BE

IN THE EVENT THAT WATER RESTRICTION IS TO SAID THE PUBLIC NECESSARY PREPARATIONS.

AT GIVEN

LEAST

HE ADVISED THE PUBLIC TO DO EVERYTHING THEY COULD WATER AND AVOID WASTAGE.

0

TO

CONSERVE

CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT STATISTICS FOR 1ST QUARTER OF 1991

THE

BY MAIN WORK PERFORMED OF VALUE

CONSTRUCTION GROSS

TRADE (WHICH MAY BE GENERAL CONTRACTORS OR SPECIAL CONTRACTORS CONTRACTORS) IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 AMOUNTED TO $15,653 MILLION, WHICH WAS 13.5% HIGHER THAN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990.

IS THIS

ONE OF OUTPUT

THE RELEASED

THE QUARTERLY OF RESULT'S

BY THE (TUESDAY) TODAY

SURVEY OF CENSUS

AND

CONSTRUCTION STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

/COMPARED WITH