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The British fear that full-scale rioting may erupt again at any moment. Moreover, Hong Kong is suffering a severe water shortage because Red China, which normally supplies most of the colony's needs, has turned off the tap. As the week began, Hong Kong had only a 64-day supply left, went on an emergency rationing system whereby the water is turned on for only four hours every day. At week's end, however, the British received a measure of relief. A pouring rain cleared the rioters from the streets and added to the colony's depleted reservoirs 2 billion gallons of water, enough for another 30 days.