HONG KONG WATER
‘Budgeting For Worst’
(W -Reuter—Copyright) HONG KONG. June 25 The Hong Kong Government disclosed today that it was budgeting for the worst in the water crisis. The Director of Public Works, Mr Michael Wright, said that relying on rainfall, the colony would be without water by the end of September at the present rate of consumption. He told a press conference that planning was being based on the “depressing assumption” that rainfall might not be more than 10 inches between June and September.
Even 20 inches in that period would leave 1350 million gallons in reservoirs—less than one-tenth of capacity—for the dry winter months of 1963-64.
Mr Wright said that nine big tankers had been chartered to bring water from the Pearl river estuary in China.
He said in answer to questions that the Kwangtung Provincial authorities were offering unlimited supplies of river water, but admitted he did not know how much t-nkers could bring in to the colony daily. The proposed fleet of 10 tankers should be able to bring to 12J to 15 million gallons a day. The colony’s water storage toda; had dropped to the 1655 million gallon mark. ,
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30168, 27 June 1963, Page 4
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