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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1992
A TOTAL OF 46 TEMPORARY SHELTERS OPERATED BY THE CITY AND NRW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION WERE OPENED AND 54 PROPLE TOOK REFUGE THERE.
WITH THE NO. 8 STORM SIGNAL HOISTED IN THE MORNING, HONG KONG WAS BROUGHT TO A NEAR STANDSTILL AS BUSINESS CONCERNS INCLUDING BANKS AND THE STOCK EXCHANGE, MOST SHOPS AND OFFICES, AND SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED.
BUT HONG KONG WAS NOT CLOSED TO THE WORLD AS ITS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT KAI TAK REMAINED OPEN. FIFTEEN FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED.
LOCAL FERRY SERVICES, FERRY SERVICES TO MACAU AND SOME CHINESE PORTS AND BUS SERVICES ON LANTAU ISLAND WERE SUSPENDED. HOWEVER, BOTH THE CHINA MOTOR BUS AND THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS PROVIDED LIMITED SERVICES.
THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND THE LIGHT RAIL WERE OPERATING NEAR NORMAL. TRAMS AND PEAK TRAMS ALSO CONTINUED THEIR SERVICES.
TWO SMALL CARGO VESSELS, BACH WITH 18 CREWMEN ON BOARD, RAN AGROUND AT STONECUTTERS ISLAND THIS MORNING BUT WERE RE-FLOATED IN THE AFTERNOON. NO ONE WAS INJURED.
THE TSING YI SOUTH BRIDGE, WHICH WAS DAMAGED IN A STORM LAST SATURDAY, WAS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 6 AM.
SEVEN INCIDENTS, INCLUDING THREE LANDSLIPS AND TWO SUBSIDENCES, WERE REPORTED TO THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE.
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THE NO. 8 SOUTHWEST STORM SIGNAL WAS HOISTED (FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR) AT 5.45 AM, 14 HOURS AFTER THE NO. 3 SIGNAL WENT AT 11 AM, IT WAS REPLACED BY THE NO.8 SOUTHEAST SIGNAL.
A MAXIMUM WIND GUST OF 133 KPH WAS RECORDED AT TATE'S CAIRN.
RAINFALL HAD BEEN LIGHT BY 5 PM, WITH ONLY 13.1 MM RECORDED SINCE THE NO.1 SIGNAL WAS HOISTED ON JULY 20.
A TOTAL OF 17 PEOPLE WERE INJURED DURING THE STORM. SIXTEEN HAVE BEEN TREATED AND DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITALS. A 68-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO SUFFERED A NECK INJURY WAS ADMITTED IN FAIR CONDITION TO THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL.
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