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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1979
PRESENTATION OF AWARD TO VOLUNTARY WEATHER OBSERVER ON
FISHING BOAT
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AT A BRIEF CEREMONY HELD AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) MR. HO PAK TAI, A FISHERMAN IN ABERDEEN, WAS PRESENTED WITH AN ANEROID BAROMETER AND A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION BY THE DIRECTOR OF ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR. GORDON BELL, FOR MAK ING EXCELLENT WEATHER OBSERVATIONS AT SEA.
MR. HO IS THE OWNER OF THE FISHING BOAT M62160A AND HAS VOLUNTARILY MADE AND RECORDED OVER 700 WEATHER OBSERVATIONS FOR THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SINCE NOVEMBER, 1975.
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS MADE BY VOLUNTARY OBSERVERS ON FISHING BOATS, SUCH AS MR, HO, ARE USED IN THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY FOR CLIMATOLOGICAL PURPOSES AND TO IMPROVE WEATHER SERVICES FOR FISHERMEN.
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT IN HUNG HOM ****
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT A 24-HOUR URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTION WILL BE IMPOSED ON CHEONG WAN ROAD AND ON WAN ROAD AT THE PODIUM LEVEL OF THE KOWLOON RAILWAY STATION BUILDING FROM 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.
ALL MOTOR VEHICLES, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM STOPPING ON THESE ROADS, OTHER THAN AT SPECIALLY DESIGNATED LAY-BYS, FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS.
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP THERE TO GUIDE MOTORISTS,