MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1984
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ROYAL OBSERVATORY CALENDAR
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USEFUL METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION AND FULL COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS ARE CONTAINED IN THE 1985 EDITION OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY CALENDAR NOW ON SALE AT $27 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.
THE CALENDAR CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED FROM THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HEADQUARTERS IN NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.
IT INCLUDES THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE CALENDAR AND PROVIDES INFORMATION ON TIMES OF DAILY SUNRISE, SUNSET, MOONRISE, MOONSET, HIGH AND LOW TIDES, AND THE DURATION OF LUNAR ECLIPSES IN 1985.
CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION SUCH AS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH FOG IS TABULATED TOGETHER WITH THE MEAN VALUES OF TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND CLOUD AMOUNT.
THE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATE THE SUBTLE INFLUENCE
FROM WEATHER ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF DAILY LIFE.
THE PUBLICATION IS THE LATEST IN THE LONG LINE OF BILINGUAL CALENDARS PRODUCED JOINTLY BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, AND THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER.
APART FROM THE NEW CALENDAR, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY ALMANAC IS ALSO ON SALE, AT $12 A COPY.
KWAI CHUNG SCHOOLS SET FOR QUIZ FINAL *****
THE GRAND FINAL OF THE KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT INTER-SCHOOL QUIZ ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE QUIZ IS SPONSORED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, AND ORGANISED BY THE KWAI CHUNG SUB-DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE HEADMASTERS OF VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
IT AIMS TO HELP PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF THE FUNCTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THE CONTEST ATTRACTED 27 TEAMS FROM 19 SCHOOLS IN KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT.
THREE SCHOOLS, LAM WOO MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, LAI KING CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL AND SHUNG TAK FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION LEE SHIU KEE COLLEGE, HAVE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING THROUGH TO THE FINALS.
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