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SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1974
APRIL HETTER THAN USUAL
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONTS RESULTED IN 231.1 M) OF RAILFALL IN APRIL, HAKING IT THE FIRST LONTH SINCE SEPTEMBER LAT YEAR WITH ABOVE-AVERAGE RAINFALL,
MORE THAN HALF THIS ALOUNT FELL DURING THE THREE-DAY PERIOD APRIL 7-9 WHEN 142.9 MA WERE RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY. THE ROUTH'S TOTAL BARFALL WAS 95.3 MRI ABOVE NORMAL.
THE MONTH WAS ALSO SUNNIER AND WARMER THAN USUAL WITH THE THIRD LOWEST NEAJ WILD SPEED, 5.2 KNITS, ON RECORD FOR APRIL.
SEVEN THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND ONE THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN WARNING VERE ISSUED DURING THE MONTH. THOSE AIRCRAFT VERE DIVERTED FRUM HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
ONE RED AND ONE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WERE ISSUED.
THE MONTH'S LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF 11.8 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON APRIL 1 AND 2, AND THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 20.7 DEGREES CELSIUS ON APRIL 20.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A FULL REPORT ON THE WEATHER FOR APRIL IS BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
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ST..ZET IMP.OVEMENTS IN KOULOON
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A NUMBER OF STREETS IN KUULOUN WILL SHORTLY B RECONSTRUCTED AS FART OF ANUAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
THE FIRST TUG ARE PEI HO STREET BETWEEN YEE KUK STREET AND TURG CHAU STREET, AND KUZILIN STREET BETUBEN LAI CHI KOK ROAD AND TUNG CHAU STREET.
THE MINOR RECONSTRUCTION WORK WILL COVER THE CARRIAGEWAYS
THE ROAD AND THE PAVEMENTS BUT EXCLUDE ROAD JUNCTIONS. SURFACE WILL ES RE-PAVED WITH EIGHT-1.CH THICK REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS ON A CONCRETE BASE.
THE WORK 13 SCHEDULED TO START IN JUNE AND WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE REMAINING THREE STREETS TO BE RECONSTRUCTED IN KOWLOON ARE FUK WING STREET BETWEEN TONKIN STREET AND PRATAS STREET, AND SHEUNG HEUNG ROAD AND LOK SHAN ROLD BOTH BETWEEN PAU CHUNG STREET AND TO KWA BAN ROID.
RECONSTRUCTION BURK IN THESE PLACES WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY THE WORK IN PEI HO STREET AND KUEILIN STREET.
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