SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1993
TABLE 1.2 FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL MAY 1993
TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE
MEAN DAILY GLOBAL
SOLAR RADIATION
TOTAL RAINFALL
MEAN CLOUD AMOUNT
MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY
MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE
MEAN AIR TEMPERATURE
MEAN DAILY MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE
MEAN DEW POINT
TOTAL EVAPORATION
162.8 HOURS; 9.0 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL
14.56 MJ/SQM; 1.56 MJ/SQM
BELOW NORMAL
338.4 MM; 21.7 MM ABOVE NORMAL
73 % 1 % BELOW NORMAL
84 % 1 % ABOVE NORMAL
28.6 DEGREES CELSIUS ; 0.1 DEGREE CELSIUS
BELOW NORMAL
26.0 DEGREES CELSIUS; 0.1 DEGREE CELSIUS
ABOVE NORMAL
24.1 DEGREES CELSIUS: 0.2 DEGREE CELSIUS
ABOVE NORMAL
23.0 DEGREES CELSIUS; 0.4 DEGREE CELSIUS
ABOVE NORMAL
110.7 MM; 27.0 MM BELOW NORMAL
PERFORMING ARTS COUNCIL HOLDS RECEPTION
TODAY YEAR.
THE COUNCIL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (CFPA) HELD A RECEPTION (SATURDAY) TO INTRODUCE THE COUNCIL'S ACTIVITIES FOR THE PAST
THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED THE PUBLICATION OF THE COUNCIL' 'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY REPORT; PRESENTATION OF COMMEMORATIVE CERTIFICATES TO SPONSORS OF THE MATCHING GRANT SCHEME; PRESENTATION OF AWARDS то WINNERS OF THE CFPA AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCRIPTS 1992; AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FINDINGS OF THE "SURVEY ON POPULATION'S ATTITUDE TO THE PERFORMING ARTS".
THE CFPA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1982 AS THE GOVERNMENT'S ADVISER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS.
PRINCIPAL
SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, SAID: "THE CFPA IS A FORMIDABLE ADVOCATE OF THE CASE FOR THE ARTS IN HONG
KONG, AND HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS OVER THE PAST DECADE.'
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I HAVE FOUND THE CFPA 10TH ANNIVERSARY REPORT A MOST PUBLICATION.
VALUABLE
"IT NOT ONLY SUMMARISES THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, BUT ALSO INCLUDES ARTICLES FROM VARIOUS PROMINENT ARTISTS AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE ARTS FIELD, EXPRESSING THEIR VIEWS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN HONG KONG,' HE SAID.
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