1963-12-08 · 北京
1963年12月8日，廣東省水電廳廳長劉兆倫就東江—深圳供水工程方案向國務院總理周恩來作出匯報。周恩來得悉後指出，香港居民中百分之九十五為同胞，因此供水問題不應與政治談判掛鈎，該項目能夠獨立推進；他同時提出，工程完工後須藉收取費用逐漸收回成本，並把水價定於每噸人民幣一角。
On 8 December 1963, Liu Zhaolun, Director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Water and Electricity, reported on the Dongjiang-Shenzhen water supply project plan to Premier Zhou Enlai of the State Council; on learning of it, Zhou Enlai pointed out that 95 per cent of Hong Kong residents were compatriots, so the water supply issue should not be linked to political negotiations and the project could proceed independently; he also proposed that after completion the cost should be gradually recovered through charges, with the water price set at one jiao per tonne in Renminbi.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.335