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TUESIMY, APRIL 13, 1976 (
+THIS COMMITTEE HAS THE SPECIAL DUTY OF EXAMINING THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND AMENITIES IN TSUEN WAN AND OF MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THEIR ADDITION AND
IMPROVEMENT,+ MR. HAYES SAID, YOUR CHAIRMAN, MR. YEUNG AND OTHER LEADERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE NEW COMMITTEE WHICH IS ALREADY PROVING ITS VALUE.+
PRAISING THE RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. HAYES SAID IT WAS NOT THE INWARD-LOOKING NOR NARROWLY-BASED BODY THAT ITS NAME SUGGESTED.
HE DECLARED: YOUR WIDE CONTACTS, INFORMED VIEWS AND PRACTISED LEADERSHIP ARE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE TO OUR ENLARGED COMMUNITY WORK AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TSUEN WAN IDENTITY, WE IN TSUEN WAN ARE FORTUNATE THAT THIS IS SO AND I URGE YOU STRONGLY TO CONTINUE TO GIVE THIS LEAD.+
LAST MONTH AGAIN UNUSUALLY DRY AND WARM
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LAST MONTH, WHICH WAS CLOUDIER AND LESS SUNNY THAN USUAL, WAS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH SUBNORMAL RAINFALL AND HIGHER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.
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THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR WAS 17.1 DEGREES CELSIUS, 1.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, AND THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL FOR THE SAME PERIOD WAS 30.1 M.M., WHICH IS ONLY ONE-FIFTH OF THE NORMAL FIGURE.
THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED FOUR TIMES THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF OCCASIONS IN ANY MARCH SINCE 1957.
TROPICAL STORM LORNA DISSIPATED NEAR THE ISLAND OF YAP ON MARCH 1 AND NO OTHER TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC OR SOUTH CHINA SEA.
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 7.9 DEGREES CELSIUS, RECORDED ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 1. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 27.9 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON MARCH 18.
THE WEATHER BECAME PROGRESSIVELY MILDER AND HUMID IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH. VIDESPREAD FOG DEVELOPED ON MARCH 16 AND PERSISTED FOR THREE DAYS.
DURING THIS PERIOD, VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO 100 M. AT WAGLAN ISLAND AND 800 M. AT CHEUNG CHAU. ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 17, TWO CARGO SHIPS COLLIDED JUST SOUTH OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED ON MARCH 19 AND 20. OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, WINDS REACHED GALE FORCE AND A CARGO SHIP, THE SENYO MARU, CAPSIZED NEAR THE SOUTHWEST TIP OF TAIWAN,
FOURTEEN AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG AIRPORT DURING THE MONTH BECAUSE OF ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND A THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 7.55 AM, ON MARCH 30 FOR THREE HOURS.
NOTE TO EDITORS
A MORE DETAILED WEATHER REPORT, PREPARED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1976, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE 6.1.S. PRESS BOXES.