WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1989
CAUSE
WHO STUDENTS
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"THE CIRCULARS EMPHASISE THAT SCHOOLS SHOULD REMIND PARENTS USE DISCRETION IN SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WHEN LOCAL
OR TRANSPORT CONDITIONS ASKED NOT TO PENALISE CIRCUMSTANCES.
WEATHER
то
AND
HEADS SCHOOL DIFFICULTIES;
ARE ABSENT OR LATE IN
ARE
SUCH
"THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE BASED ON EXPERIENCE AND SEEM TO MAKE SENSE.
ME TO
THINK HIMSELF NOT MR BRIDGE SAID HE COULD ARRANGEMENTS COULD BE IMPROVED, BUT HE WELCOMED ANY MEMBERS.
OF ANY WAY THE SUGGESTIONS FROM
THE EDUCATION
AS
REFERRING TO THE STORM ON MAY 2, MR BRIDGE SAID DEPARTMENT BEGAN MONITORING WEATHER AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AS SOON THE HEAVY RAIN BEGAN AT AROUND 10 AM.
"BY 11 AM THERE WERE
NO
SCHOOLS," HE SAID.
INDICATIONS
OF
ANY
NEED
TO
CLOSE
RESPONSE TO USE DISCRETION CONDITIONS WERE LIKELY
THE RADIO AND IN ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE MADE OVER TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES ADVISING PARENTS THAT THEY SHOULD IN SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IF LOCAL TO MAKE THIS DIFFICULT, HE ADDED.
AT ABOUT NOON, THE RAIN OVER KOWLOON UNEXPECTEDLY
HEAVIER.
BECAME MUCH
BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY RECORDED OVER MILLIMETRES OF RAIN AT ITS HEADQUARTERS, ALTHOUGH SOME OTHER PARTS THE TERRITORY RECORDED ONLY LIGHT RAIN.
104 OF
WERE ALREADY ON
BY THAT TIME MANY AFTERNOON SESSION CHILDREN THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL, OR HAD ALREADY REACHED SCHOOL, MR BRIDGE SAID.
ANNOUNCEMENT AT THAT
AS WELL AS HOME IN THE HEAVY
"THE DIRECTOR DECIDED AGAINST A CLOSURE STAGE, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN THESE CHILDREN, STUDENTS IN WHOLE DAY SCHOOLS, HAVING TO SET OFF RAIN.
INCREASED
"WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT THIS WOULD
PUBLIC THE STRAIN ON
TRANSPORT
AND
М
SAFETY, HE SAID.
ONLY HAVE ADDED TO RISKS TO STUDENTS'
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