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'RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No. 51

17 MAR 1975

JUKKIG

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HOUBAY, MARCH 2, 1075

HADONE TREATMENT EXPERT WINDS UP HONG KONG VISIT

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ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP EXPERTS ON METHADONE TREATMENT, DR. ROBERT HEMMAN, WILL DE LEAVING FOR THE UNITED STATES THIS SUNDAY (MARCH 9) AT THE END OF HIS TWO-MONTH VISIT TO EVALUATE HONG KONG'S DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT EFFORTS.

HIS VISIT IS JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

DURING THE PAST TWO MONTHS DR. NEWMAN, WHO IS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, ADDICTION PROGRAMME, IN THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HAS BEEN LOOKING HITO THE OVERALL EFFORTS MADE IN KONG KONG TO COMBAT THE DRUG ADDICTION PROBLEM WITH A VIEW TO EXPLORING OTHER WAYS AND MEANS TO IMPROVE EXISTING METHODS OF TREATMENT.

HE HAS VISITED THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S VARIOUS METHADONE MAINTENANCE CENTRES AND HAS HAD TALKS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ADDICTION.

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A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, ON THURSDAY, MARCH 6, AT 2,30 PM WHEN DR. NEWMAN WILL TALK ABOUT HIS VISIT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATING TO DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT, YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE.

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WEEKLY WATER SITUATION REPORT

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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY, MARCH 3) STOOD AT 48,721 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 72.4 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE-A3,793 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE,

THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 37,231 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 34,740 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 73.7 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.

A TOTAL OF 0.1 MM (TRACE IN.) OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 AM TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 71.6 MM (2.82 IN.)

THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY STANDS AT 00.6 MM (3.17 IN.)

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