SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1979
RAINFALL RECORDED IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR TOTAL 2 603.3 MM BEING 421 MM ABOVE THE NORMAL FIGURE FOR THE 10 MONTH PERIOD AND 356.9 MM HIGHER THAN THE NORMAL YEARLY AMOUNT,
THE WET WEATHER HAS BOOSTED HONG KONG'S RESERVOIR STORAGE, THE DIRECTOR OF ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR. GORDON BELL, SAID. AT 9 A.M. ON OCTOBER 31, THE TOTAL STORAGE STOOD AT 452 MILLION CUBIC METRES, REPRESENTING 78.2 PER CENT
OF THE TOTAL CAPACITY. THE COMPARABLE FIGURE LAST YEAR WAS 388 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 67.1 PER CENT OF TOTAL CAPACITY.
+RAINFALL WAS PLENTIFUL THROUGHOUT THE 70'S WHICH HAD THE HIGHEST RAINFALL OF ANY DECADE SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1853, DESPITE A SLIGHT DROP BELOW NORMAL IN THE YEARS 1971, 1976 AND 1977, MR. BELL SAID
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1970 TO 1979, SO FAR, IS 24 553 MM. THE DRIEST DECADE WAS 1960 TO 1969 WITH 20 049 MM AND THE SECOND WETTEST WAS 1080 TO 1889 WITH 24 033 MM.
ELEVATED WALKWAY ACROSS COTTON TREE DRIVE TAKING SHAPE
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AN ELEVATED WALKWAY BEING CONSTRUCTED ACROSS COTTON TREE DRIVE LINKING THE ADMIRALTY STATION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TO MURRAY ROAD MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK IS GRADUALLY TAKING SHAPE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY): +THE WALKWAY FORMS PART OF A $25 MILLION PLAN TO PROVIDE COVERED ELEVATED PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION ROUTES BETWEEN THE FOUR MTR ENTRANCES, VARIOUS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THE EASTERN BUS TERMINUS AT THE MTR STATION.+
THE WHOLE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THE WALKWAY AND A SHOPPING PRECINCT WERE BEING BUILT ON TWO LEVELS ABOVE THE VEHICULAR ACCESS.
*THE FIRST LEVEL WILL HAVE SHOPS ALONGSIDE THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ROUTES WHILE THE TOP LEVEL WILL BE LANDSCAPED WITH TREES AND SHRUBS, SEATS AND PAGODAS FOR SHADE.
*THE MAIN TRAFFIC ROUTES ON THE TOP LEVEL WILL ALSO BE COVERED, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT WHEN THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO WALK FROM THE NEW RODNEY BLOCK TO CHATER GARDEN WITHOUT HAVING TO TOUCH A ROAD.
CONSTRUCTION IS BEING CARRIED OUT BY A MTRC CONTRACTOR FOR THE PWD.
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