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SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1981
IT REMAINED CLOUDY WITH SUNNY INTERVALS ON APRIL 13, BUT SHOWERS OCCURRED ALL DAY ON APRIL 14 AND THERE WERE SOME MORE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS PERSISTED UNTIL NOON ON APRIL 15, AFTER WHICH THE WEATHER REMAINED FINE UNTIL APRIL 16.
IT TURNED CLOUDY AGAIN ON APRIL 17 AND THERE WERE A FEW MORE SHOWERS.
THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY ON APRIL 18 AND 19, BUT A COLD FRONT BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS AND COOLER WEATHER LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 19. EASTERLY WINDS STRENGTHENED DURING THE NIGHT AND REMAINED STRONG THE NEXT DAY.
TEMPERATURES FELL TO A MINIMUM OF 19.3 DEGREES CELSIUS ON APRIL 20, THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH. IT REMAINED DULL IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS AROUND NOON ON APRIL 23. THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS SUNNY AND FINE.
ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT PASSED ON APRIL 25 AND THERE WERE MORE THUNDERSTORMS. SUNNY INTERVALS WERE EXPERIENCED ON APRIL 26 AND 27. APART FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 29, THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE FINE AND HOT, WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO A MAXIMUM OF 29.8 DEGREES CELSIUS ON
APRIL 28 AND 30, THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.
THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED TWICE DURING THE MONTH.
TENDERS INVITED FOR WORK AT LO WU STATION
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE WIDENING OF AN UNDERBRIDGE AT LO WU STATION.
THE WORK FORMS PART OF THE KCR ELECTRIFICATION AND MODERNISATION SCHEME. IT INCLUDES THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BRIDGE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW RAIL TRACK.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT WILL BE THE ASSOCIATED SITE AND BUILDING WORKS FOR THE RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATION BUILDINGS.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN JULY AND WILL TAKE SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.