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TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1976
MORE RAIN EXPECTED
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IN THE PRELIMINARY SEASONAL RAINFALL FORECAST ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR IT WAS PREDICTED THAT THE RAINFALL FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY TO OCTOBER AND FOR THE YEAR AS A WHOLE WOULD BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.
HOWEVER, METEOROLOGICAL DATA FOR APRIL WHICH HAS NOW BEEN ANALYSED INDICATES THAT MORE RAIN MAY BE EXPECTED.
IT IS NOW FORECAST THAT THE RAINFALL BETWEEN MAY AND OCTOBER WILL RANGE FROM 1,750 MM TO 2,250 MM AS AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF 1,814 MM.
FOR THE YEAR AS A WHOLE THE RAINFALL IS FORECAST TO LIE BETWEEN 2,150 MM AND 2,650 MM. THIS COMPARES WITH AN AVERAGE OF 2,169 MM.
UP TO MAY 10 THIS YEAR, RAINFALL IS ABOUT 44 PER CENT BELOW AVERAGE WITH ONLY 196.1 MM ŘECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AS AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF 347.5 MM.
DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED ******
THE GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1975 ON LAM MUI-YAU SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
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LAM WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF LAM HUNG ALIAS LAM KWAI-HUNG AND HIS WIFE, CHAN HEUNG.
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