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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1991

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FULL WATER SUPPLY UNTIL END OF OCTOBER

THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED THAT THE PRESENT FULL WILL BE MAINTAINED UNTIL AT LEAST THE END OF OCTOBER.

WATER SUPPLY

WONG

SAID KWOK-LAI, THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR

THIS RESERVOIRS AS WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE IMPROVED STORAGE LEVEL IN THE

RAINFALL AND A RESULT OF THE RECENT

CHINA'S AGREEMENT TO SUPPLY ADDITIONAL WATER TO HONG KONG.

IN

WAS NECESSARY ΤΟ IMPOSE WATER BUT HE ADDED THAT WHETHER IT RESTRICTIONS LATER THIS YEAR WOULD DEPEND ON THE RAINFALL RECEIVED THE REMAINDER OF THE CURRENT WET SEASON.

A FULL REVIEW OF THE TOTAL RESOURCES WILL BE MADE OF OCTOBER.

AT THE END

COMMITTEE

TODAY MILLION WERE APPROVED FOR THE :

AND OTHER RELATED

FINANCE

CHINA

*

AT A SPECIAL

MEETING

OF

THE

(WEDNESDAY), FUNDS TOTALLING $105.8 PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL NON-RECURRENT COMMITMENTS.

WATER

FROM

"FOLLOWING THE

NOW

BE ENTERED

啡

OF APPROVAL

INTO

THE

WITH

NECESSARY

A FUNDS, CHINA FOR SECURING

FORMAL THE

AGREEMENT MAY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF WATER, MR WONG SAID.

AGREEMENT PROVISIONAL

WAS REACHED EARLY WHICH CHINA

HE RECALLED THAT A THIS MONTH WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN CANTON, UNDER WILL SUPPLY A FURTHER 145 MILLION CUBIC METRES (MCM), POSSIBLY 151 MCM IF CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT, IN ADDITION TO THE 570 MCM ALREADY AGREED FOR

1991-92.

AS AT 9 AM TODAY, THE STORAGE LEVEL 40.7 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY,

STOOD AT 238.45 MCM OR

CENT THE

AT THE SAME AMOUNT STOOD

THIS COMPARED WITH 312.552 MOM OR 53.3 PER TIME LAST YEAR. AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE THIS YEAR, AT JUST 129 MCM, REPRESENTING 22 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL

IN THE MFANTIME, MR WONG ADVISED THE PUBLIC THEY COULD TO CONSERVE WATER AND AVOID WASTAGE.

STORAGE.

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