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TAIWAN GOV'T ESTABLISHES ANTI-DROUGHT CENTER.
TAIPEI, March 3 Asia Pulse - Economic Affairs Minister Lin Yi-fu has announced the establishment of a national anti-drought center and urged the public to conserve water because of an extreme scarcity of rainfall since last year.
Lin made the remarks after being briefed by Lee Tien-min, northern bureau chief of the Water Resources Agency, during an inspection of the Shihmen Reservoir in northern Taiwan's Taoyuan County.
Lin said on Saturday the anti-drought campaign will kick off earlier than expected and added that the task force will call its first meeting Wednesday to discuss and coordinate joint measures for Taipei and the rest of the island.
Although he stressed that there will be no water shortages anywhere in the country before June, he called on the public to join forces with the government to combat the impending drought.
Chen Kun-hsien, vice director of the Water Resources Agency, said that the first of a set of four-phase restrictive measures might be imposed following the meeting, which will slash water supplies to the general public during off-peak hours. Water supplies for civic and industrial use will remain normal and operations at the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park will not be affected.
The second phase will curtail water supplies for cleaning streets, buildings, car-washes, swimming pools and fountains and for large-volume ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, TAIWAN GOV'T ESTABLISHES ANTI-DROUGHT CENTER.