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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1993
THE BILL WILL ALSO REQUIRE LISTED COMPANIES TO KEEP REGISTERS OF ALL DIRECTORSHIPS HELD BY THEIR DIRECTORS INCLUDING DIRECTORSHIPS OF COMPANIES INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS COMPANIES REGISTERED UNDER PART XI OF THE ORDINANCE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THIS INFORMATION WILL BE USED BY THE REGISTRAR EXPANDED INDEX OF DIRECTORS.
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"VARIOUS REGULATORY AGENCIES, SUCH AS THE COMMISSIONERS OF BANKING AND INSURANCE, THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION, THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT, ICAC AND THE POLICE WILL BE ALLOWED ACCESS TO THIS INDEX ΤΟ ASSIST THEM TO DISCHARGE THEIR REGULATORY AND ENFORCEMENT DUTIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE INCLUDE REVISION TO CERTAIN FEE ITEMS, SUCH AS THE FEE FOR PROVIDING A COPY OF THE COMPANY REGISTER OF MEMBERS.
"THIS FEE HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE THE 1920'S. IT IS PROPOSED THAT IT BE INCREASED TO $1 PER HUNDRED WORDS FROM THE CURRENT 25 CENTS,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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1992
A WET YEAR
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A REPORT RELEASED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SHOWED THAT THE ANNUAL RAINFALL FOR LAST YEAR AMOUNTED TO 2,678,8 MILLIMETRES, 21 PER CENT ABOVE THE ANNUAL MEAN OF 2,214.3 MILLIMETRES.
THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THE YEAR SAW AN EXTREME RAINFALL SURPLUS BUT THERE WAS A CONTRASTING RECORD-DRY SPELL FROM AUGUST ΤΟ NOVEMBER.
SEVEN CONSECUTIVE WET MONTHS FROM JANUARY TO JULY PRODUCED A RECORD-BREAKING 2,410.6 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL, MORE THAN THE NORMAL
FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
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THERE WERE SEVERAL EPISODES OF HEAVY RAIN IN MARCH, APRIL AND MAY. A DISASTROUS RAINSTORM ON MAY 8 LED TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW RAINSTORM ALERT/WARNING SYSTEM.
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THE RED AND BLACK RAINSTORM WARNINGS WERE FIRST ISSUED DURING HEAVY RAIN BROUGHT BY TROPICAL STORM FAYE ON JULY 18.
JULY WAS A MONTH OF FREQUENT TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY, WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS BEING RAISED FOR THREE STORMS OVER A PERIOD OF 12 DAYS.
A FOUR-MONTH DROUGHT LASTED FROM AUGUST TO NOVEMBER WITH A RECORD LOW TOTAL RAINFALL OF 201.8 MILLIMETRES DURING THE PERIOD.
TROPICAL CYCLONES WERE CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT IN THE VICINITY OF HONG KONG. AS A RESULT, TROPICAL CYCLONE RAINFALL IN 1992 WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE THAN HALF OF NORMAL.
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