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SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1988
IN REPLY TO
SAID HE QUESTION,
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAST MONTH WOULD HAVE AFFECTED THE
SIR
DAVID
DID NOT
REPRESENTATIVE
ELECTION
ANOTHER BELIEVE THAT THE WHITE PAPER GOVERNMENT RELEASED
TURNOUT IN ANY ADVERSE FASHION.
ELECTING THROUGH AFTER ALL THE DISTRICT BOARDS WILL STILL BE
COUNCIL, } SEE NO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE REASON AT ALL WHY THAT SHOULD HAVE ANY ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE TURNOUT.
ONE PARTICULAR
VOTE ARK VARIOUS HE CAUSE,
"THE REASONS FOR WHICH PEOPLE TURNED OUT TO
ON DOWN AND IT'S VERY HARD TO PIN THEM NOTED.
THE PRECISE POLLING BOOTH AND
SIR DAVID ADDED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN REASONS WHY ON ANY GIVEN DAY SOMEBODY WENT TO THE WHY SOME OTHER PROPLE DIDN'T.
"BUT I DON'T
WE THINK
DISAPPOINTMENT TO THAT SORT OF
H
HAVE
FEEL ANY
GREAT REASON TO IGURE. AS I SAID ALSO, WHEN WE COME
1 PERSONALLY WOULD EXPECT TO DIRECT ELECTIONS FOR LEGCO IN 1991,
TO
SEE A HIGHER TURNOUT THAN THAT, HE ADDED).
DAVID
SIR DAVID WAS RECEIVED AT THE AIRPORT BY THE
CONSUL-GENERAL OF SIR DAVID FORD, AND THE ACTING SAITO.
CHIEF JAPAN,
SECRETARY, MR MASAKI
COLD AND CLOUDY IN FEBRUARY
A SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON ARRIVED DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS AND BROUGHT THE TEMPERATURE DOWN TO 10.1 DEGREES CELSIUS ON FEBRUARY 19, THE LOWEST FIGURE RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY FROM JANUARY 1 UP TO THE END OF FEBRUARY, TIK OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY (SATURDAY).
CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED DURING MOST OF THE MONTH. GIVING A MEAN CLOUD AMOUNT OF 81 PER CENT, WHICH WAS 10 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL FOR FEBRUARY.
HOWEVER, THE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNT WAS ONLY 11.9 MILLIMETRES, AGAINST A NORMAL AMOUNT OF 41.9 MILLIMETRES. FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1988, THE RAINFALL WAS 81 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL.
WITH THE EASTERLY WINDS MAINTAINING THEIR STRENGTH, WEATHER WAS CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN ON FEBRUARY 1.
THE
WHEN
THE
FEBRUARY 2 WAS BRIGHTER
FASTERLJES WEAKENED TEMPORARILY. HOWEVER, A FRESH SURGE OF THE NORTHEAST MONSOON ARRIVED THAT EVENING, GIVING RISE TO STRONG WINDS OFFSHORE RAIN OVERNIGHT.
AND SOME LIGHT
/CLOUDY WEATHER
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