SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1980
IT BECAME SUNNY AND HOT FROM SEPTEMBER 3 TO 9 ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 5 AND 7. THE MONTH'S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF 32.9 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 8. IT WAS FINE AND DRY ON SEPTEMBER 11 TO 13.
WHILE TYPHOON RUTH WAS CENTRED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA THERE WERE STRONG EASTERLY WINDS ON SEPTEMBER 13 TO 14. FREQUENT SHOWERS OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 14 AND PERSISTED THE FOLLOWING MORNING. WEATHER IMPROVED AND WINDS MODERATED AS RUTH CROSSED HAINAN DAO ON SEPTEMBER 15.
WINDS TURNED NORTHERLY AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 16 AS THE CONTINENTAL ANTICYCLONE INTENSIFIED. THE WEATHER WAS FINE AND DRY ON SEPTEMBER 17 TO 18, BUT AS TYPHOON PERCY APPROACHED FROM THE EAST, NORTHERLY WINDS FRESHENED ON SEPTEMBER 18. WINDS ABATED THE NEXT DAY AS PERCY DISSIPATED OVERLAND NEAR SHANTOU (SWATOW).
AN UPPER-AIR DISTURBANCE SOUTH OF HONG KONG BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS ON SEPTEMBER 22 TO 23 FOLLOWED BY SOME OVERNIGHT SHOWERS ON SEPTEMBER 24.
THE MONTH'S LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF 23 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 27.
TYPHOON RUTH CAUSED SIGNAL NO. 1 TO BE HOISTED AT 10 PM ON SEPTEMBER 12 AND REPLACED BY SIGNAL NO. 3 AT 5.15 PM THE FOLLOWING DAY. ALL SIGNALS WERE LOWERED AT 6.30 AM ON SEPTEMBER 15.
TYPHOON PERCY ALSO CAUSED SIGNAL NO. 1 TO BE HOISTED AT 9.15 AM ON SEPTEMBER 18 AND REPLACED BY SIGNAL NO. 3 AT NOON. THE SIGNAL WAS LOWERED AT 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY.
DURING THE MONTH TWO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS ON SEPTEMBER 2.
MONTH.
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON NINE DAYS DURING THE
THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS ISSUED FIVE TIMES WHILE THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON FIVE SEPARATE DAYS DURING THE MONTH.
MPS VISIT REFUGEE CAMP
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TWO VISITING CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MR JOHN WAKEHAM AND MR TIMOTHY SAINSBURY, TODAY (SATURDAY), VISITED THE KAI TAK EAST TRANSIT CAMP TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES CONDITIONS IN A VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CAMP.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE IR WIVES, THE TWO MPS WERE MET ON ARRIVAL BY MISS DOROTHY LEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CARITAS, AND MR CHENG PUCK-FONG, THE CAMP MANAGER. THEY SPENT ABOUT HALF AN HOUR INSPECTING VARIOUS FACILITIES INCLUDING A CLINIC AND A NURSERY.
THEY WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LIFE IN THE CAMP BY MISS LEE AND MR CHENG.
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