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Friday, June 29, 1973
All schools are closed automatically when number 8, 9 or 10
signal is hoisted and the Director of Education may make a public announcement
about closing schools even when No. 3 is hoisted, if conditions are
expected to deteriorate.
The government and many large concerns permit staff not required
for duty to return home or to stay at home whenever number 8, 9 or 10
signal is hoisted.
If anyone wishes to know which signal is hoisted, he should
telephone the Secretariat for Home Affairs at telephone 5-456381 and not
the Royal Observatory. In case special notification is required every
time signals are changed, the Telephone Company can provide the service
for a nominal charge.
Details of the warning signals are printed in the front of every
telephone directory and on special cards issued by the Royal Observatory.
These cards also contain advice on precautions to be taken and
are available free of charge from the enquiry counters of City District
Offices, the Information Services Department in Beaconsfield House, the
Government Printer and from the Royal Observatory.
For newcomers or those who would like more information, a booklet
entitled "Typhoon" is available in English and in Chinese at three dollars
a copy from the Government Printer and the Royal Observatory,
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