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MONDAY, MAY 15, 1989
"I AM AFRAID I CAN SAY NO MORE THAN THIS AS AN OUTLOOK FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE SEASON, MR SHAM SAID.
THE
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INFORMED
"THE ONLY WAY TO DEAL WITH A TYPHOON, I MAINTAIN, IS FOR US MONITOR ITS TRACK AND INTENSITY, KEEP THE PUBLIC CONSTANTLY AND ISSUE WARNINGS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
"THE FACT THAT HONG KONG HAS NOT EXPERIENCED THE FULL IMPACT OF HAVE A TYPHOON FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS WOULD MEAN THAT MANY OF US MAY FORGOTTEN WHAT DAMAGE A TYPHOON CAN DO TO US IF WE ARE TO THIS YEAR.
HAVE ONE
KONG, MAY NOT LIKE,' MR SHAM
"I AM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT MANY NEWCOMERS TO HONG INCLUDING VISITORS FROM OVERSEAS FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME, EVEN KNOW WHAT A TYPHOON SITUATION IN HONG KONG IS SAID.
TAKE
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REMIND THE PUBLIC PRECAUTIONS GENERAL
HURRICANE
ΤΟ FITTING HE SAID HE CONSIDERED IT VERY THAT IT
PUBLIC TO TIME FOR THE WAS AGAINST HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING, SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AND FORCE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES.
"IF WE ARE CAREFUL, I AM SURE WE CAN MINIMISE THE DAMAGE THESE NATURAL DISASTERS, " HE SAID.
FROM
MR SHAM ALSO REFERRED TO THE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS INTRODUCED WOULD BE MADE WHENEVER TWO YEARS AGO WHEREBY A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
NO. 8 WITHIN A THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF HOISTING THE GALE SIGNAL COUPLE OF HOURS.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD ADVISE EMPLOYERS OF LARGE ORGANISATIONS, STAGGER THE RELEASE OF THEIR INCLUDING GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, TO EMPLOYEES FROM WORK.
THIS WAS
FOR
OVER PUBLIC TRANSPORT ON THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM
ΤΟ SPREAD THE DEMAND SEVERAL HOURS SO THAT THE PRESSURE COULD BE SOMEWHAT LESSENED, HE SAID.
ARRANGEMENT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
"SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS SPECIAL NOT HAD A NO. 8 SIGNAL AND THEREFORE WE HAVE NOT HAD
MR SHAM NOTED. OF PROVING THAT THIS WILL WORK,'
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VARIOUS DISTRICTS STATIONS HAD PO, CHEK
ON THE PROVISION OF WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE IN HONG KONG, MR SHAM SAID THAT EIGHT AUTOMATIC WEATHER BEEN ESTABLISHED AT SHA TIN, LAU FAU SHAN, TA KWU LING, TAI LAP KOK, ABERDEEN, TUEN MUN AND WAGLAN ISLAND.
ΤΙΝ,
"ALREADY IN OUR HOURLY BULLETINS BROADCAST TO ARE GIVING THE TEMPERATURES OF TA KWU LING, SHA FAU SHAN AND CHEUNG CHAU,
THE PUBLIC, TUEN MUN,
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