MONDAY, MAY 15, 1978
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THERE WILL BE A CASH PRIZE OF 5,000 AND A TROPHY EACH FOR THE WINNING EMBLEM AND THE GROUND-FLOOR MURAL DESIGN, AND THREE CONSOLATION PRIZES OF $1,000 EACH FOR BOTH GROUPS.
AS FOR THE FIRST-FLOOR AND SECOND-FLOOR MURAL GROUPS, THERE WILL ALSO BE ONE FIRST PRIZE OF BOOK COUPONS WORTH 500 AND A TROPHY EACH, PLUS 10 CONSOLATION PRIZES OF BOOK COUPONS WORTH $300 EACH.
HONG KONG MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY
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HONG KONG EXPERIENCED TEN DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS LAST MONTH (APRIL) THE HIGHEST FIGURE RECORDED BY THE ROYAL
OBSERVATORY IN ANY APRIL SINCE 1926.
ACCORDING TO THE MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY PUBLISHED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY, THE TOTAL RAINFALL OF LAST MONTH AMOUNTED TO 237 MM WHICH IS 75 PER CENT ABOVE AVERAGE WHILE THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL FROM JANUARY 1 UNTIL APRIL 30 IS 419.9 MM OR 161.3 MM ABOVE AVERAGE.
LAST MONTH WAS ALSO CLOUDIER AND MORE HUMID THAN USUAL WITH CLOUD INESS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY ABOVE NORMAL BY SEVEN PER CENT AND FOUR PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE ONLY TROPICAL CYCLONE -- TYPHOON OLIVE REPORTED DURING THE MONTH OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC OR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WAS ONE OF THE FEW TYPHOONS THAT HAVE EVER THREATENED HONG KONG IN APRIL. THE LAST ONE WAS TYPHOON VIOLET IN APRIL 1967.
DURING THE MONTH TWO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF APRIL VERE GLOOMY AND DULL WITH RAI REPORTED EVERY DAY.
THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT ON APRIL 1 CLEARED THE FOG AND GAVE RISE TO SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS.
ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 3, TEMPERATURE FELL TO A MINIUM OF 15.1. DEGREES WHICH WAS THE LOWEST IN THE MONTH.
FOGGY CONDITIONS RETURNED ON APRIL 5 AND PERSISTED UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF A DRIER AIRSTREAM FROM THE NORTHEAST THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WERE EXPERIENCED ON APRIL 3 AND AS A SLOW-MOVING UPPER TROUGH APPROACHED HONG KONG FRO THE WEST.
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