SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1979
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DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY WITH RAIN AT TIMES.
ON MAY 5 AND 6 A MOIST EASTERLY AIRSTREAM AFFECTED HONG KONG AND THERE WERE A FEW PATCHES OF RAIN WHILE FOG WAS REPORTED AT WAGLAN ISLAND IN THE MORNINGS OF MAY 5, 7 AND 8.
THE WEATHER IMPROVED BETWEEN MAY 8 AND 10 AND THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 31.2 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON MAY 10.
THE NEXT TWO DAYS WERE CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AS AN ACTIVE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED OVER CHINA. THIS TROUGH CAME NEAR TO HONG KONG AND CAUSED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS FROM MAY 13 TO 15, BRINGING 161.7 MM OF RAINFALL, REPRESENTING MORE THAN HALF OF THE MONTH'S TOTAL.
AS THE TROUGH MOVED SOUTH AWAY FROM HONG KONG, THE WEATHER IMPROVED BUT THERE WAS STILL SOME RAIN FROM MAY 16 TO 18. MAINLY FINE WEATHER PREVAILED FROM MAY 19 TO 26.
ON MAY 27, A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CHINA AND THE WEATHER IN HONG KONG BECAME CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED THE PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH ON MAY 28 AND THE CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH SOME RAIN OR SHOWERS PERSISTED UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH,
ONE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG ON MAY 13 DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
THUNDERSTORMS AND/OR HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS WERE ISSUED
ON MAY 1, 13, 14, 15, 23, 24, 27, 28 AND 29. NO FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WERE ISSUED DURING THE MONTH.
THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED FROM 11.05 P.M. ON MAY 2 TO 9.40 A.M. ON MAY 3.
SOCIAL STUDIES EXHIBITION ***
A TWO-DAY EXHIBITON AIMED AT FAMILIAR ISING TEACHERS WITH THE VARIOUS APPROACHES SUGGESTED IN THE REVISED SOCIAL STUDIES DRAFT SYLLABUS WILL BE HELD NEXT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN GASCOIGNE ROAD, KOWLOON,
THE EXHIBITION IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SOCIAL STUDIES SUBJECT COMMITTEE (PRIMARY) TOGETHER WITH 24 GOVERNMENT, AIDED AND PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
THE DISPLAY WILL FEATURE TEACHING AIDS, MODELS, PUPILS' WORK AND SLIDES TO ILLUSTRATE SPECIFIC TOPICS IN THE SYLLABUS.
MRS. LOUISE MOK, DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE EXHIBITION ON SATURDAY AT 10 A.M.
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