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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1984
THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:
SUNSHINE
RAINFALL
CLOUD INESS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
MEAN TEMPERATURE
MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
MEAN DEW POINT
TOTAL EVAPORATION
162.7 HOURS - 43.3 HOURS BELOW NORMAL
348.8 MM - 64.6 MM BELOW NORMAL
75 % - 9 % MORE THAN NORMAL
81 % = 2 % LOWER THAN NORMAL
30.9 DEG C = 0.3 DEG C BELOW NORMAL
28,2 DEG C NORMAL
26.4 DEG C =
24.6 DEG C =
0.5 DEG C ABOVE NORMAL
0.2 DEG C BELOW NORMAL
141.4 MM = 22.9 MM BELOW NORMAL
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 34.4 DEG C WAS RECORDED ON AUGUST 29 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 23.0 DEG C WAS RECORDED ON AUGUST 15
IMAGINATIVE EQUIPMENT FOR UC PLAYGROUNDS
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A HEALTHY AND HAPPY HONG KONG IS THE AIM OF THE URBAN COUNCIL.
AND EACH YEAR IT ALLOCATES CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES TO THE PROVISION OF PASSIVE AND ACTIVE RECREATION FACILITIES FOR THE YOUNG AND OLD TO SPEND THEIR LEISURE HOURS IN THE EVENINGS, DURING WEEKENDS AND ON HOLIDAYS.
AT THE COUNCIL'S LATEST MEETING OF ITS TENDER BOARD PANEL SEVERAL TENDERS TOTALLING $991 000 WERE AGREED FOR THE PURCHASE OF A WIDE RANGE OF TRADITIONAL AND MODERN-DESIGN PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO REPLACE THOSE OUTDATED ONES AS PART OF THE NORMAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME.
OF THE PLAY EQUIPMENT TO BE PURCHASED, THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONES ARE PLAY STRUCTURE WITH SLIDE POLE AND PLASTIC SPIRAL SLIDE (AT $68 000 A UNIT), LOG CABIN SHELTER AND SLIDE WITH RUN-OUT AND HANDRAIL (AT $26 500 A UNIT), WUM CLIMBER (AT $20 000 A UNIT) AND APOLLO WHIRLS (AT $15 500 A UNIT).
/IN FACT,