THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1980
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THE WEATHER WAS FINE AND SUNNY FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS BUT BECAME CLOUDY ON MAY 21 WHEN SEVERE TROPICAL STORM GEORGIA APPROACHED HONG KONG.
SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING DAY AND BECAME MORE FREQUENT ON MAY 23 WHEN GEORGIA MOVED CLOSE TO HONG KONG. GALES WERE EXPERIENCED OFF-SHORE AND ON HILL TOPS AND TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNAL NO 3 WAS HOISTED.
HOWEVER, WINDS WEAKENED DURING THE NIGHT AS GEORGIA CROSSED OVERLAND TO THE NORTHEAST OF HONG KONG.
THERE WERE LONG SUNNY PERIODS IN THE MORNING OF MAY 24, BUT IT BECAME CLOUDY LATER IN THE DAY AND REMAINED THE SAME FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE DAYS WITH SOME SHOWERS.
THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ON MAY 26 BROUGHT FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND DRIER CONDITIONS AND THE WEATHER WAS FINE AND SUNNY ON MAY 28 AND 29.
HEAVY THUNDERY SHOWERS OCCURRED IN THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 30 AND A FACTORY WORKER WAS ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE A WINDOW WHERE THERE WAS A LEAKAGE FROM AN ELECTRIC CABLE.
THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS FINE AND SUNNY. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 31.1 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR THE MONTH WAS RECORDED ON MAY 25 AND 31.
DURING THE MONTH 12 AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON MAY 3 TO 8, 15, 26, 30 AND 31 WHILE A THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN WARNING WAS ISSUED ON MAY 8.
FOUR NT SITES SOLD FOR $32.7 MILLION
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FOUR NEW TERRITORIES SITES WERE SOLD TODAY FOR A TOTAL OF $32.7 MILLION.
THE TOP PRICE OF $15 MILLION WAS PAID FOR A RESIDENTIAL SITE OF 11 700 SQUARE METRES ($1 282 PER SQUARE METRE) AT CHEUNG SHA, LANTAU. THE BUYER, MAI HON ENTERPRISES LIMITED, WILL BE REQUIRED TO FULFIL A BUILDING COVENANT OF $4.7 MILLION WITHIN THREE YEARS. BIDDING OPENED AT $15 MILLION, WITH MAI HONG THE ONLY BIDDER.
A 1 080 SQUARE METRE SITE IN AREA 9 OF TUEN MUN FOR INDUSTRIAL OR GODOWN DEVELOPMENT WAS SOLD FOR $13 MILLION ($12 037 PER SQUARE METRE), BIDDING OPENED AT $4.5 MILLION. BEFORE SELLING THE LOT, GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT, MR TONY HARLAND, POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS THE LAST INDUSTRIAL SITE TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION ON INSTALMENT TERMS.
/THE PURCHASER