TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1983
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HONG KONG, HE SAID, IS A FAST-DEVELOPING CITY WHERE SMALL FAMILIES ARE DEVELOPING.
+THIS HAS RESULTED IN A LARGE NUMBER OF WOMEN TAKING UP JOBS OUTSIDE, MAKING CHILD CARE SERVICE ESSENTIAL, HE ADDED.
MR CHAMBERS PAID WARM TRIBUTE TO THE CLUB FOR ITS 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
+THIS WELL-ADMINISTERED NURSERY HAS GAINED THE CONFIDENCE OF MANY PARENTS AND HAS INDIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO SOCIAL STABILITY, + HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE CLUB WAS A PIONEER IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES IN KOWLOON CITY.
THE NURSERY, LOCATED AT SHING TAK STREET, HAS CAPACITY FOR 70 CHILDREN, AGED FROM TWO TO SIX.
NOVEMBER WAS DRIEST ON RECORD ****
LAST MONTH WAS THE DRIEST NOVEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1884, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTS.
FOR MOST OF THE MONTH, A CONTINENTAL ANTICYCLONE COVERED CHINA, AND PROLONGED DRY AND SUNNY WEATHER WAS FELT IN HONG KONG WITH ONLY A TRACE OF RAINFALL.
HOWEVER, ACCUMULATED RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR,
AT 2 886.4 MM WAS STILL 31 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL.
THE MONTHLY MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 59 PER CENT RANKED SECOND LOWEST FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, THE LOWEST BEING 58 PER CENT IN 1971.
THE MONTHLY MEAN CLOUDINESS OF 25 PER CENT WAS ALSO THE SECOND LOWEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH. (THE RECORD LOW MEAN CLOUDINESS FOR NOVEMBER, 9 PER CENT, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1893).
THE TOTAL DURATION OF SUNSHINE, 252.2 HOURS, WAS ABOUT 32 PER CENT ABOVE AVERAGE WHILE THE MONTHLY MEAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, 1 019.7 MILLIBARS, WAS THE FIFTH HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.
SIX TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH.
TYPHOON MARGE FORMED NEAR GUAM ON NOVEMBER 1. IT RECURVED ON NOVEMBER 5 AND BECAME AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE EAST OF JAPAN ON NOVEMBER 7.
TROPICAL STORM NORRIS FORMED EAST OF IWO JIMA ON NOVEMBER 8 AND DISSIPATED OVER THE OCEAN THREE DAYS LATER.
/TYPHOON ORCHID