PUBLIC UTILITIES
The salt water fire fighting system, intended to conserve fresh water and provide a readily available source of water for fire fighting during periods when the fresh water supply is shut off, is complete, and preliminary work is in hand to investigate the possibil- ity of obtaining water from deep well bores in certain parts of the New Territories in order to augment the local village supplies.
Electricity
Electricity on the Island of Hong Kong is supplied by the Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd. The amount of electricity generated by this company in 1952 increased by 11.359% over the previous year's output. This is due to continued development in industry and in residential and business properties.
The peak load reached a maximum of 47,000 K.W. in February, 1952, the maximum in 1951 being 42,000 K.W.
The company's programme of expansion continues to be retarded by delays in the manufacture of essential plant. The total capacity of the generating station re- mains at 72,500 K.W., but the total steaming capacity was increased to 644,000 lbs. per hour by the installation, in July, 1952, of a new boiler.
The number of consumers at the end of the year. was 60,418, an increase of 3,781 over 1951. A total of 180,746,114 units was sold by the company during 1952, an increase of 17,055,022 units over 1951.
Electricity in Kowloon and the New Territories is supplied by the China Light & Power Co., Ltd. The demand on the Company's services both domestic and industrial, grew steadily during the year. 276 factories were connected, in addition to a considerable number
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