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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1987
CHINESE MAYORS IMPRESSED BY HONG KONG'S TRANSPORT SYSTEM
A DELEGATION OF MAYORS FROM CHINA VISITED THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) TO GAIN FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ON HONG KONG'S TRANSPORT SYSTEM.
THE 23-MEMBER DELEGATION, INCLUDING MAYORS AND DEPUTY MAYORS FROM 16 MAJOR CHINESE CITIES, WAS RECEIVED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR RICHARD SCURFIELD.
DURING THE VISIT, THE MEMBERS WERE PRESENTED A SLIDE SHOW ON VARIOUS FACETS OP HONG KONG'S TRANSPORT SYSTEM. THEY WERE ALSO BRIEFED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS, MR TONY COOPER AND MR PANG HAU-CHUNG, ON TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT PLANNING.
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THE DELEGATION THEN TOURED THE DEPARTMENT'S KOWLOON AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRE WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER, MR CHAN CHIN-CHUN, ON THE OPERATION OF THE COMPUTERISED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM.
THE MEMBERS SHOWED GREAT INTEREST AND WERE IMPRESSED BY THE TERRITORY'S MODERN AND SOPHISTICATED TRANSPORT SYSTEM.
TODAY'S VISIT IS PART OF THE DELEGATION'S ONE-WEEK STUDY TOUR TO SHARE HONG KONG'S EXPERIENCE IN CITY MANAGEMENT AND TOWN PLANNING.
RECORD-BREAKING TEMPERATURES IN NOVEMBER
AN EXCEPTIONALLY INTENSE SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON BROUGHT WINDY CONDITIONS AND RECORD-BREAKING TEMPERATURES ΤΟ HONG KONG TOWARDS THE END OF NOVEMBER.
THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 7.6 DEGREES RECORDED ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 30 WAS THE LOWEST IN NOVEMBER SINCE 1922 AND THE THIRD LOWEST MINIMUM IN NOVEMBER ON RECORD.
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ON NOVEMBER 29 AND 30 WERE BOTH 11.2 DEGREES, WHICH SET A RECORD FOR THE LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER.
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TEMPERATURE
THE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE EQUALLED THAT ON NOVEMBER 26, 1922, WHICH WAS THE FOR NOVEMBER ON RECORD.
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