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10.
It would be relatively easy, at the first signs of a serious emergency, to bolster the stocks of essential users so that there would be no need to transport vital gases during the first days of disturbances. Thereafter, 3 to 4 vehicles and crews would be able to keep essential users supplied at pre-emergency levels.
11.
If
an emergency led to a significant increase in the demand for gases, Hong Kong Oxygen would need to be informed at the earliest possible moment so that extra supplies could be arranged.
PRODUCTION
12.
It is customary for the factory to have stocks of all gases in hand. It varies from gas to gas but generally these would equal several days of all Hong Kong's needs.
For certain gases these
stocks would amount to two weeks demand.
13.
If
the operations of industrial and commercial users were affected by disturbances, causing a fall in their demand, then the stocks of gases in hand would probably be enough to make it unnecessary to operate production plants until at least the sixth or seventh day of the emergency.
14.
However, this is not to say that the factory need not be manned. Indeed it would be essential for all personnel to be closed up to action stations to ensure the safe-keeping of stocks and to keep plant in stand-by condition.
COMMUNICATIONS
15.
Hong Kong Oxygen relies on the public telephone system for communications. Contact number during normal working hours is 719 7100 or 661 0920
after office hours.
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