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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1980
EASTERLY
ON NOVEMBER 13 THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED. WINDS STRENGTHENED DURING THE NIGHT AND PERSISTED THE
FOLLOWING DAY.
THE WEATHER WAS MAINLY CLOUDY FROM NOVEMBER 14 TO 18 EXCEPT ON NOVEMBER 16 WHICH WAS A SUNNY DAY.
FOLLOWING RAINS CAUSED BY AN UPPER-AIR DISTURBANCE ON NOVEMBER 19, WINDS TURNED NORTHERLY AND THE WEATHER REMAINED FINE AND SUNNY UNTIL NOVEMBER 25.
ANOTHER UPPER-AIR DISTURBANCE BROUGHT CONTINUOUS RAIN ON NOVEMBER 26 WHEN THE MONTH'S LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF 18.8 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED.
RAIN CEASED EARLY THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND THERE WAS CONTINUOUS SUNSHINE FOR THE REMAINING FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH.
DURING THE MONTH, THREE TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA BUT NO TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS WERE HOISTED.
THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN EFFECT ON FOUR SEPARATE DAYS WHILE THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS EFFECTIVE ON 15 DAYS. DURING THE MONTH NO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG.
SPORTS MEET IN SUPPORT OF ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN
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HUNDREDS OF SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS TURNED UP AT THE MONGKOK STADIUM TODAY (SUNDAY) TO TAKE PART IN AN ATHLETIC MEET ORGANISED BY THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT IN SUPPORT OF THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN.
THE SHAM SHUI PO INDUSTRIAL YOUTHS ATHLETIC MEET WAS ORGANISED BY THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE IN THE DISTRICT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND THE LAI CHI KOK AREA COMMITTEE. IT WAS SPONSORED BY THE CHEUNG SHA WAN FACTORY BUILDING MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION.
+FIRST OF ITS KIND IN KOWLOON, THE EVENT IS SPECIALLY DIRECTED AT YOUNG FACTORY WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT. THE AIM IS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTHY SPORTING ACTIVITIES AND TO STEER THEM AWAY FROM DRUGS, SAID MR GEORGE HSUEH, CHAIRMAN OF THE SHAM SHUI PO ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL FURTHER DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO COMMUNITY WORK TO JOIN IN THE CONCERTED EFFORTS TO ERADICATE THE DRUG PROBLEM, MR HSUEH ADDED.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE MR E., LEE, COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR STEPHEN IP, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER OF SHAM SHUI PO, MR LAW SIU LUN, HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND CIVIC BODIES.
FOLLOWING THE OPENING CEREMONY, PARTICIPANTS COMPETED WITH ONE ANOTHER IN A WIDE RANGE OF EVENTS INCLUDING RUNNING, HIGH JUMPS, BROAD JUMPS, SOFT BALL THROWING AND SHOT-PUT. THE EVENT ATTRACTED HUNDREDS OF SPECTATORS.
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