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MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1974.
DR. CHOA THOUGHT IT POSSIBLE, IN VIEW OF THE FIRST
WEEK'S RESULTS, THAT EVENTUALLY THE 1,000-A-DAY MAXIMUM
CAPACITY -- THAT IS, ADDICTS RETURNING FOR THEIR DAILY DOSAGE - AT EACH OF THE THREE CENTRES WOULD BE REACHED.
THE METHADONE MAINTENANCE PILOT STUDY IN HIGH STREET WOULD MOST PROBABLY ACHIEVE ITS TARGET OF 1,550 VOLUNTEER PATIENTS IN ANOTHER FEW WEEKS AND WOULD THEN END ITS PRESENT IN-PATIENT SYSTEM OF TREATMENT TO ADOPT THE OUT-PATIENT METHOD OF THE THREE EMERGENCY CENTRES.
+THIS MEANS, IN EFFECT, THAT A FOURTH EMERGENCY CENTRE WOULD THEN BE OPENED,+ DR. CHOA SAID.
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD REVIEW THE SITUATION AS IT DEVELOPED, AND APPROPRIATE MEASURES WOULD BE TAKEN +IF AND WHEN NECESSARY+,
THE THREE NEW CENTRES WILL OBSERVE THE COMING HOLIDAYS, AND WILL NOT BE OPENED ON DECEMBER 25, 26 AND JANUARY 1 FOR NEW CASES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
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IN VIEW OF GENERAL INTEREST, FURTHER PROGRESS REPORTS WILL BE ISSUED AT REGULAR YNTERVALS.
WEEKLY WATER SITUATION REPORT ******
THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 55,141 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 81.9 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS AND ALSO AN INCREASE OF 1,762 MILLION GALLONS OVER THE STORAGE AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 53,379 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 40,068 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 41,824 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 79.3 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.
NO RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. THE TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 2,319.4 MM. (91.32 IN.).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2160.2 MM. (85.05 IN.), REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 7.4 PER
CENT.
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