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SUNDLI, FEBRUARY 15, 1987
MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 19.7 DEGREES C
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MEAN TEMPERATURE
17.3 DEGREES C
MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
15.4 DEGREES C
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MEAN DEW POINT
11.7 DEGREES C
1.0 DEGREES C ABOVE NORMAL
1.7 DEGREES C ABOVE NORMAL
2.2 DEGREES C ABOVE NORMAL
1.9 DEGREES C ABOVE NORMAL
TOTAL EVAPORATION
93.3 MM
9.8 MM BELOW NORMAL
FOUR MULTI-STOREY FACTORY BLOCKS AMONG PLANS APPROVED
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FOUR MULTI-STOREY FACTORY BLOCKS WERE AMONG 48 PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN DECEMBER.
THE PROJECTS INCLUDED A 21-STOREY BLOCK AT SAI NING STREET AND A 26-STOREY BLOCK AT WESTLANDS ROAD, BOTH ON HONG KONG ISLAND- TWO 18-STOREY EXTENSION BLOCKS IN TUEN MUN; AND A 15-STOREY BLOCK AT HUNG TO ROAD, KWUN TONG.
ALSO APPROVED WAS A SINGLE-STOREY BLOCK AT TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
THE 40 APPROVALS IN DECEMBER BROUGHT TO 578 THE NUMBER OF PLANS PASSED DURING 1986, COMPARED WITH 455 THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE LARGEST NUMBER OF APPROVALS - 22 - WAS ONCE AGAIN IN THE
A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT APARTMENT OR APARTMENT-COMMERCIAL CATEGORY. WILL TAKE PLACE AT TSING LUNG TAU IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHERE SIX 30-STOREY BLOCKS OF APARTMENTS ARE TO BE BUILT IN TWO SEPARATE DEVELOPMENTS. IN TUEN MUN PLANS FOR FOUR 20-STOREY APARTMENT- COMMERCIAL TOWER BLOCKS HAVE BEEN PASSED.
OTHER PLANS AGREED INCLUDED A 27-STOREY TELEPHONE EXCHANGE IN LEIGHTON ROAD A FIVE-STOREY COMMERCIAL CENTRE AT SITE 8 OF WHAMPOA DOCK; AN EXTENSION TO THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION YOUTH CAMP ON LANTAU ISLAND; A NEW OUTPATIENT AND ACCIDENT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR THE POK OF HOSPITAL AT YUEN LONG, AND A MALL GARDEN AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
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