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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1979
CONDITIONS IMPROVED ON AUGUST 13 AND THE DAY WAS FINE APART FROM SOME ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS.
SUNNY AND VERY HOT WEATHER CONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE DAYS AND THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 33.5 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH WAS RECORDED IN THE AFTERNOON ON AUGUST 14.
FROM AUGUST 17 TO 21, SOUTHWEST MONSOON BECAME ACTIVE OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS OCCURRING EVERY DAY DURING THIS PERIOD IN THE COASTAL REGIONS OF SOUTH CHINA, INCLUDING HONG KONG,
HOWEVER, THERE WERE LONG SUNNY PERIODS ON AUGUST 21 AND 22.
SHOWERY CONDITIONS RETURNED ON AUGUST 23 AND PERSISTED UNTIL AUGUST 26 WITH THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED ON THE AFTERNOONS OF AUGUST 23 AND 26,
THE WEATHER WAS FINE AND SUNNY ON AUGUST 27-28, BUT THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT IN THE EVENING OF AUGUST 28 BROUGHT THE RETURN OF CLOUDY WEATHER. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH.
DURING THE MONTH SEVEN AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM AND/OR HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON 17 DAYS OF THE MONTH. NO FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WERE ISSUED DURING THE MONTH.
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THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR. H.S. GREWAL, WILL PRESENT GRADUATION CERTIFICATES AND PRIZES ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 15) TO 92 MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS WHO HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR BASIC TRAINING COURSE.
THE 92 MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT ARE THE FIRST BATCH OF GRADUATES SINCE A CENTRALISED GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS TRAINING UNIT WAS SET UP IN THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN MAY THIS YEAR.
THE BASIC TRAINING COURSE, WHICH LASTS SIX WEEKS, AIMS TO PROVIDE GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS MEMBERS WITH GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ON ITS ROLE, LEGISLATION CONCERNING HAWKERS AND MARKETS, AND AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE.
IN ADDITION, PHYSICAL TRAINING SUCH AS FOOT-DRILL AND SELF-DEFENCE TECHNIQUES, FIRST AID AND WAYS OF DISMANTLING ILLEGAL STALLS AND STRUCTURES ARE TAUGHT DURING THE COURSE.
A TWO-WEEK ON-THE-JOB TRAINING IS INCLUDED IN THE COURSE WHEN MEMBERS ARE ATTACHED TO THE HAWKERS AND MARKETS SECTIONS OF VARIOUS URBAN SERVICES OFFICES TO GIVE THEM PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN HANDLING HAWKERS.
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