Water Shortage In Hong Kong The beset Crown Colony Hong Kong, already dangerously overcrowded, faces the calamitous problem of acute water shortage. Reservoirs are running dry, and the thousands of refugees from Red China are threatened with complete water famine. Aerial of reservoir, almost empty of water. Water running down mountain, in small stream. People with buckets and pails waiting to fill up water, outside. Children carry water pails. Various images of people filling up containers. Seaside, dock, boats.