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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1989
ANNUAL SIMILAR IN STYLE TO A SCHOOL "GRADUATION" CEREMONY, THE
ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC GALA IS ONE OF THE MAJOR MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
PERFORM BEFORE OFFICE TO PROVIDE ITS TRAINEES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO THEIR PARENTS IN PUBLIC.
PERFORM
THE SPOKESMAN SAID WHEN PARENTS WATCHED THEIR CHILDREN
THEY WOULD FEEL ON STAGE, AND PARTICULARLY BEFORE A LARGE AUDIENCE, PROUD OF THE RESULTS ACHIEVED BY THE YOUNGSTERS.
A
SATISFYING
"IT IS YOURSELF, HE ADDED.
T
A
FEELING
YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE FOR
PERFORMING ARTS,
MR
IN
JOHN WHICH RECEIVE
FOR
ACADEMY THE THE DIRECTOR OF
AT
PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL OFFICIATE HOSIER, OUTSTANDING TRAINEES, ORCHESTRAL, CHOIR AND BAND MEMBERS WILL CERTIFICATES OF MERIT OR AWARDS IN RECOGNITION DURING THE PAST YEAR.
OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS
ENQUIRIES
STILL AVAILABLE TICKETS FOR THE ANNUAL GALA, AT $10 EACH, ARE
CAN BE MADE BY TELEPHONING OUTLETS. URBTIX
AT ALL 5-8235314.
19 RAINY DAYS IN JANUARY
IT
RAINED
* * *
ON 19
DAYS
IN
JANUARY, ALTHOUGH AMOUNTED TO ONLY 23.9 MILLIMETRES, ACCORDING TO A REPORT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE
RAINFALL RELEASED BY
THIS COMPARES WITH THE MILLIMETRES FOR JANUARY.
NORMAL
RAINFALL
AMOUNT OF
26.9
THE
LARGE
NUMBER
OF RAINY
WAS CONSISTENT SUNSHINE, WHICH WAS ONLY 84.9 BELOW-NORMAL AMOUNT OF TOTAL BRIGHT HOURS AND RANKS AS THE 10TH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR JANUARY,
DAYS
WITH THE
THE WEATHER WAS MAINLY
JANUARY.
CLOUDY
FOR THE
FIRST
FOUR DAYS
OF
WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST, IN THE EVENING OF JANUARY 4,
ALSO BECAME BRINGING OVERCAST SKIES AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN. WINDS
NGAU TAU KOK FELL FRESH TO STRONG THE NEXT MORNING. A BILLBOARD IN DOWN, INJURING A PEDESTRIAN,
AS THE EASTERLIES WEAKENED ON THE EVENING OF STOPPED BUT THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY.
RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST
JANUARY 6, RAIN
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BROUGHT MISTY THE NEXT DAY CONDITIONS TO THE TERRITORY ON JANUARY 7. IT WAS FOGGY AND THE VISIBILITY AT WAGLAN ISLAND AND THE HARBOUR REGION WAS REDUCED TO 100 AND 600 METRES RESPECTIVELY.
/BECAUSE OF