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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1983
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE
SUNSHINE
RAINFALL
CLOUDINESS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
MEAN TEMPERATURE
MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
MEAN DEW POINT
TOTAL EVAPORATION
33.3 HOURS: 68.1 HOURS BELOW NORMAL
428.0 MM 373.2 MM ABOVE NORMAL
92 PER CENT 16 PER CENT MORE THAN
NORMAL
84 PER CENT 1 2 PER CENT HIGHER THAN
NORMAL
19.2 DEGREES C 2.1 DEGREES C BELOW
NORMAL
17.1 DEGREES CI 1.4 DEGREES C BELOW
NORMAL
15.3 DEGREES C 1.0 DEGREES C BELOW
NORMAL
14.1 DEGREES C 1 0.9 DEGREES C BELOW
NORMAL
59.5 MM: 43.5 MM BELOW NORMAL
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 25.9 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON MARCH 23 WHILE THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 9.6 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON MARCH 6.
METRICATION COMMITTEE APPOINTS NEW MEMBER
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THE METRICATION COMMITTEE HAS FURTHER STRENGTHENED ITS MEMBERSHIP TO PROMOTE METRICATION IN HONG KONG.
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR JAMES WU ANNOUNCED TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT MR IP YEUK-LAM, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.
MR IP IS A LEADING IMPORTER OF CHINESE SUBSIDIARY FOOD PRODUCE. HE HOLDS RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS IN VARIOUS TRADE
THE HONG ORGANISATIONS, NOTABLY THE HONG KONG FOOD COUNCIL, KONG AND KOWLOON FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS GUILD.
COMMENTING ON THE NEW APPOINTMENT, MR WU SAID: +MR IP ALSO HAS CLOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THE CHAINS OF CHINA PRODUCTS EMPORIUM WHICH IS OUR MAJOR SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR CONSUMER GOODS, PARTICULARLY FOODSTUFFS.+
/+WITH MỸ ......****