巴拿马政府下令拉闸限电
[align=left][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=14px][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]The Panamanian government has ordered schools to close and government offices to reduce their opening hours as the country suffers from a power shortage.[/b][/size][/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]巴拿马正面临电力短缺的窘境，政府下令关闭学校以及政府办公室以节约能源。[/b][/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]It also declared a drought emergency in a third of the country.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Panama derives more than half of its energy from[b] hydroelectric（水力发电的）[/b] power and a lack of rain has hit the supply hard.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Government officials said they had been forced to take the measures after previous drives to save [url=http://www.enread.com/news/life/92657.html]energy[/url] had failed to make much difference.[/size][/font]
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Officials said bars, nightclubs, cinemas and supermarkets would also be required to close between 22:00 (03:00 GMT) and 06:00 (11:00 GMT) local time from Monday to Thursday.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Businesses have been asked to turn off their air conditioning between 11:00 (16:00 GMT) and 15:00 (20:00 GMT). [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]President Ricardo Martinelli asked Panamanians "to save energy because the lack of rain is really causing[b]havoc（大破坏，浩劫）[/b] with our electricity system".[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Hydroelectric power accounted for almost 60% of Panama's electricity generation in 2010, according to the US Energy Information System.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Government minister Roberto Henriquez said he hoped the measures would prevent more drastic energy shortages[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]"If we stick to this we can certainly prevent further cuts which could seriously affect the country's economy," he said. [/size][/font]
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Officials said they would re-assess on Sunday whether to lift the restrictions and re-open schools, but with no rain forecast they called on citizens to curb their energy consumption as much as possible.[/size][/font]
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