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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1981
AUGUST:
AUGUST WAS HOTTER AND DRIER THAN USUAL. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE, 28.8 DEGREES CELSIUS, WAS THE FOURTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH AND THE TOTAL RAINFALL OF 250.0 MM WAS 170.2 MM BELOW AVERAGE. THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN ON AUGUST 7 LED TO SERIOUS FLOODINGS IN TSUEN WAN AND KWA! CHUNG.
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER WAS DRIER AND CLOUDIER THAN USUAL. SEVEN TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA BUT NONE OF THEM CAME VERY CLOSE TO HONG KONG.
OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER:
THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR WERE ALL SUNNIER, DRIER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL. THERE WAS A PROLONGED FINE SPELL FROM SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 17. NOVEMBER'S MEAN TEMPERAURE OF 22.3 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS THE SEVENTH HIGHEST SINCE 1884. THE CONTINENTAL ANTICYCLONE DOMINATED CHINA THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, LEADING TO GENERALLY FINE AND SUNNY WEATHER IN HONG KONG. WAS ONLY ONE DAY, DECEMBER 7, WITH MEASURABLE RAIN IN DECEMBER AND THE MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL WAS ONLY 0.7 MM.
THERE
MORE ATTENTION PAID TO NT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
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THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW DEVOTING MORE ATTENTION TO THE PROVISION OF OTHER SERVICES AND FACILITIES ON TOP OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
THIS WAS STATED BY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING FOR THE TUEN MUN TANG SHIU KİN SPORTS GROUND.
THE PROJECT COST IS $6.5 MILLION, OF WHICH SIR SHIU KIN TANG DONATED $2 MILLION.
IT IS BEING BUILT NEAR TAI HING ESTATE ON A FOUR HECTARE SITE. THE FIRST PHASE. COMPRISING A STANDARD GRASS SOCCER PITCH, A 400-METRE RUNNING TRACK AND FACILITIES FOR FIELD AND TRACK EVENTS, WILL BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER.
+NOW THAT THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE OF TUEN MUN IS ESTABLISHED AND AN IMPRESSIVE BUILDING PROGRAMME OF HOUSING ESTATES AND FACTORIES IS A CLEAR REALITY, WE MUST DEVOTE MORE ATTENTION TO THE PROVISION OF OTHER SERVICES AND FACILITIES, AND THIS WE ARE NOW DOING,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
THE COMPLETION