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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1978
IT WAS MAINLY FINE ON AUGUST 24 AND 25 BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS BEGAN TO SET IN DURING THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 26 AS SEVERE TROPICAL STORM ELAINE MOVED CLOSER TO HONG KONG. THE SHOWERS BECAME FREQUENT AND HEAVY THE NEXT DAY BUT ON AUGUST 28 THE WEATHER IMPROVED AND BECAME FINE AND HOT AGAIN.
SOME SHOWERS WERE AGAIN EXPERIENCED ON AUGUST 29 BUT THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE BRILLIANTLY FINE.
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 24.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS RECORDED ON BOTH AUGUST 10 AND 20.
DURING THE MONTH, NINE AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO THE ADVERSE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE TROPICAL STORM ELAINE. NO FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WERE ISSUED.
EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING A QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
LETTERS AND FORMS FOR THE SEPTEMBER SURVEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO CONTRACTORS FOR INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF WORKERS EMPLOYED AT THE SITES AS AT SEPTEMBER 14.
THE PREVIOUS QUARTERLY SURVEY SHOWED THAT A TOTAL OF 67,680 MANUAL WORKERS WERE ENGAGED AT VARIOUS WORK SITES IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE THIS YEAR OF THESE 33,564 WERE INVOLVED IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE REMAINDER ON PROJECTS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT APPEALED TO CONTRACTORS AND THEIR SITE STAFF FOR THE IR CO-OPERATION IN THE CURRENT SURVEY, AND SAID SURVEY OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT, EACH CARRYING A GOVERNMENT IDENTITY CARD, WILL VISIT THE RESPECTIVE SITES FROM SEPTEMBER 14 TO 16 TO COLLECT THE COMPLETED SURVEY FORMS.
INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS OR SITES WILL BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WILL BE SOLELY USED FOR COMPILING STATISTICAL TABLES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE SURVEY MAY BE DIRECTED TO MR. CHAN TUNG-WAH, STATISTICIAN (INDUSTRY) AT 5-444674.
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