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SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1986
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY IN CASH OR
BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BIDDING.
THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITH 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.
TODAY'S SALE, THE 107TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $39 129 032.
JULY RAINFALL 73 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL
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JULY WAS 73 PER CENT WETTER THAN USUAL WITH A TOTAL OF 547.3 MM OF RAINFALL RECORDED, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY.
OF THIS RAINFALL, 85 PER CENT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS ON JULY 3 AND 4 AND WITH TYPHOON PEGGY WHICH NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF THE NO. 8 TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL ON JULY 11.
AFTER TWO DAYS OF FINE WEATHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON JULY 3 WHEN A MOISTURE-LADEN SOUTHWEST MONSOON AFFECTED HONG KONG.
PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN MAINLY FELL IN THE URBAN AREAS AND OVER 100 MM OF RAIN WERE REPORTED IN WESTERN DISTRICT. RAIN IN KOWLOON CAUSED 90 RESIDENTS OF AN OLD BUILDING IN DIAMOND HILL TO BE EVACUATED AFTER THE BALCONY COLLAPSED.
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HEAVY AND THUNDERY SHOWERS RECURRED THE NEXT MORNING. KUNG, OVER 200 MM OF RAIN WERE RECORDED BETWEEN 4 AM AND 11 AM.
THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR GAVE RISE TO 39 CASES OF MINOR FLOODING AND FIVE LANDSLIPS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG.
IN ADDITION, 11 PASSENGERS WERE INJURED WHEN A LORRY WAS HIT BY FALLING BOULDERS IN SAI KUNG, AND EIGHT PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES AFTER A LANDSLIP IN NGAU CHI WAN.
THE WEATHER BECAME FINE AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SUNNY INTERVALS.
FROM JULY 5 TO 9, THE WEATHER WAS MAINLY FINE AND HOT APART FROM SOME MORNING THUNDERSTORMS.
MEANWHILE, TYPHOON PEGGY HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE PACIFIC NEAR GUAM ON JULY 3. IT CROSSED LUZON ON JULY 9 AND ENTERED THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. THE NO. 1 SIGNAL WAS HOISTED AT 11.10 PM THAT DAY.
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