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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1991
THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS APPEALED TO THE MANAGEMENTS OF ALL SAMPLED ESTABLISHMENTS TO RETURN THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES PROMPTLY AND TO CO-OPERATE WITH OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT IN THE COURSE OF THE SURVEYS, SO AS TO FULFIL THEIR LEGAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
HE STRESSED THAT INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS WOULD BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE PROVISION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ORDINANCE.
UNDER THE
ONLY AGGREGATE INFORMATION, WHICH DOES NOT REVEAL DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS, WILL BE RELEASED.
THE COMMISSIONER ALSO POINTED OUT THAT AUDITED ACCOUNTS ARE NOT ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUPPLY OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE DATA REQUIRED IN THE SURVEYS.
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ACCEPTS FIGURES BASED ON PRELIMINARY ACCOUNTS OR ESTIMATES WHICH ARE CORRECT ΤΟ THE BEST OF THE RESPONDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION OF THE RETURNS, IF AUDITED ACCOUNTS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE.
ANY ENQUIRIES REGARDING THE SURVEYS MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE TRANSPORT AND SERVICES STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 802 1262.
MAY 1991 ONE OF THE DRIEST, WARMEST ON RECORD
MAY 1991 WAS ONE OF THE DRIEST AND WARMEST ON RECORD, ACCORDING ΤΟ THE MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT RELEASED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE MONTHLY RAINFALL AMOUNT OF LOWEST EVER, WAS ONLY ABOUT ONE-FIFTH MILLIMETRES.
60.9 MILLIMETRES, THE OF THE MAY NORMAL OF
EIGHTH 316.7
THE CONTINUING LACK OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN DURING THE FIRST MONTHS OF 1991 WAS REFLECTED BY THE MEAGRE RAINFALL TOTAL OF MILLIMETRES OVER THE PERIOD.
FIVE
184.0
THE
THIS FIGURE REPRESENTED ONLY ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF 616.5 MILLIMETRES, AND WAS THE LOWEST SINCE THE RECORD DRY YEAR OF 1963.
THE PERSISTENT FINE AND DRY WEATHER COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE WESTWARD EXTENSION OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG PACIFIC RIDGE OVER SOUTHERN CHINA.
OF
THE MONTHLY MEAN PRESSURE
1,011.6 HPA (HECTOPASCALS) IN HONG KONG WAS A RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. INTENSE SOLAR HEATING LED TO THE TEMPERATURE SOARING TO A MAXIMUM OF 33.4 DEGREES ON MAY 28, THE FIFTH HOTTEST MAY DAY EVER,
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