SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1934
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1985 ROYAL OBSERVATORY ALMANAC OUT
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A HANDY BILINGUAL ALMANAC FOR 1985 HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
THE BOOKLET, INCORPORATING THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE CALENDAR, CONTAINS TIMES OF DAILY SUNRISE, SUNSET, MOONRISE, MOONSET AS WELL AS HIGH AND LOW TIDES ARRANGED ON A MONTH-BY-MONTH BASIS.
THE TIMES OF MERIDIAN PASSAGE, RISING AND SETTING OF THE PLANETS ARE GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED,
DURATION OF TWILIGHT, DETAILS OF EQUINOXES, AND SOLSTICES AND ECLIPSES IN 1985 ARE PROVIDED.
CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA ON HONG KONG - SUCH AS THE MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM, FOG AND OTHER WEATHER PHENOMENA - FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR ARÉ TABULATED TOGETHER WITH THE MEAN VALUES OF TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WIND AND OTHER PARAMETERS.
INFORMATION ON THE WEATHER CONDITIONS OF MORE THAN 20
WELL-KNOWN CITIES IN THE WORLD IS ALSO GIVEN.
AVAILABLE AT $12 PER COPY, FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, G.P.0. BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, HONG KONG AND THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HEADQUARTERS, TSIM SHA TSUI, THE PUBLICATION IS A VERY USEFUL REFERENCE MATERIAL.
IT REPLACES ANOTHER ROYAL OBSERVATORY PUBLICATION THE +ASTRONOMICAL TABLES AND STAR CHARTS+.
BANKING INDUSTRY MANPOWER SURVEY BEGINS TOMORROW
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FIELD WORK FOR A MANPOWER SURVEY ON THE BANKING INDUSTRY WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO DECEMBER 3.
THE BIENNIAL SURVEY, ORGANISED BY THE BANKING TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, WILL UPDATE THE INDUSTRY'S EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS AND IDENTIFY ITS FUTURE MANPOWER AND TRAINING NEEDS.
+SUCH INFORMATION IS CRUCIAL FOR THE BOARD IN DRAWING UP TRAINING PLANS AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT AND EMPLOYERS IN THE INDUSTRY FOR CONSIDERATION, MR D.F. WHARTON, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, SAID.
/HE URGED