SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1993
RENUMBERING OF CROSS HARBOUR EXPRESS BUS ROUTE
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT CROSS HARBOUR EXPRESS BUS ROUTE 141 WOULD BE RE-ROUTED VIA EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING FROM MONDAY (MARCH 15).
ITS TERMINAL POINT WILL ALSO MOVE FROM YAN OI COURT, KWUN TONG TO KAI YIP ESTATE BUS TERMINUS.
THE ROUTE WILL BE RE-NUMBERED TO 641.
THE WEATHER OF FEBRUARY
A RELATIVELY COLD JANUARY WAS FOLLOWED BY AN UNSEASONABLY FEBRUARY, ACCORDING TO A MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT RELEASED BY THE OBSERVATORY.
IN THE ABSENCE OF SIGNIFICANT SURGES OF COLD AIR FROM NORTH, EASTERLY MONSOON WINDS DOMINATED.
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ROYAL
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AS A RESULT, THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 18 DEGREES AND THE MONTHLY MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 16.3 DEGREES WERE BOTH THE HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR FEBRUARY.
FOURTH
DRIEST
WITH ONLY 1.0 MILLIMETRE OF RAIN, THIS WAS THE SEVENTH FEBRUARY ON RECORD. WHILE THE MONTHLY RAINFALL WAS ONLY ABOUT TWO PER CENT OF THE FEBRUARY NORMAL OF 48.0 MILLIMETRES, THE RAINFALL TOTAL OF 34.5 MILLIMETRES SINCE JANUARY 1 WAS LESS THAN HALF OF THE NORMAL 71.4 MILLIMETRES FOR THE PERIOD.
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FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLIES ON THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE BROUGHT
MONTH ABOUT COOL AND WINDY CONDITIONS. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE 12.8 DEGREES IN THE MONTH WAS RECORDED ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 2.
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APART FROM SOME OFFSHORE MIST ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 1, WEATHER REMAINED FINE AND SUNNY.
AS WINDS MODERATED AND TURNED SOUTHEASTERLY ON FEBRUARY TEMPERATURES ROSE STEADILY.
THE INTRUSION OF MARITIME AIR LED TO INCREASINGLY CONDITIONS. CLOUDINESS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY ON FEBRUARY 6 THERE WERE SOME DRIZZLE AND MIST PATCHES.
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MOIST AND
OVER OFFSHORE WATERS, MIST THICKENED INTO FOG IN THE EARLY MORNING OF FEBRUARY 7. MIST AND FOG SOON LIFTED AFTER DAYBREAK THE DAY WAS MUCH SUNNIER WITH WINDS VEERING FURTHER TO A SOUTHWESTERLY AND
DIRECTION.
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