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PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
Following substantial increases in costs, and after consultation with the govern- ment as provided for in the scheme of control, China Light and Power revised its basic tariff upwards by one cent per unit from April 1.
Main electricity statistics for 1974, as well as electricity sales figures for the years 1971 to 1974, are shown in Appendix 33.
Gas
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company supplies Towngas to Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. The supply is available throughout the urban areas, including Aberdeen and Repulse Bay on Hong Kong Island and the industrial towns of Kwun Tong, Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan. Towngas production is centred at Ma Tau Kok, Kowloon, and Hong Kong Island is supplied by two submarine gas mains across the harbour. The total installed production capacity of the station is about 28 million cubic feet per day.
Gas is sold on a thermal basis (one therm-100,000 British thermal units). The calorific value of Towngas is 455 BTUs per cubic foot. The total quantity of gas sold in 1974 was 14 million therms compared with 12.1 million in 1973, an increase of 16 per cent.
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