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NOTES: (I)
CARGO LOADED INCLUDES OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT.
SEABORNE EXPORTS AND SEABORNE
(II)
FROM
STARTING
1993, OCEAN-GOING VESSELS HAVE BEEN REDEFINED AS ALL VESSELS OPERATING BEYOND THE RIVER TRADE LIMITS. IN CALCULATING THE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGES STATISTICS FOR 1992 HAVE BEEN RECOMPILED BASED ON THE
NEW DEFINITION.
MERCURY TRANSIT OVER SUN'S DISC ON SATURDAY
**
A TRANSIT OF MERCURY OVER THE DISC OF THE SUN WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 6). IF WEATHER PERMITS, IT WILL BE VISIBLE IN HONG KONG. DETAILS ARE GIVEN BELOW:
TRANSIT OF MERCURY ON NOVEMBER 6
BEGINNING OF TRANSIT (INGRESS}
EXTERIOR CONTACT
INTERIOR CONTACT
END OF TRANSIT (EGRESS)
INTERIOR CONTACT
EXTERIOR CONTACT
HKT
1107
1113
1240
1246
EYE.
THE ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL EVENT MUST NOT BE VIEWED WITH THE NAKED AS THE APPARENT SIZE OF THE MERCURY IS SMALL, A TELESCOPE İS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY MAGNIFICATION FOR OBSERVATION.
A ROYAL OBSERVATORY SPOKESMAN SAID ONE MUST NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN THROUGH THE EYEPIECE OF A TELESCOPE.
THERE ARE 14 TRANSITS OF MERCURY IN THE 20TH CENTURY,
THE NOVEMBER 6 TRANSIT WILL BE VISIBLE IN ASIA, THE EASTERN PART OF AFRICA.
COMPARED WITH THE LAST EVENT ON NOVEMBER 13, 1986 MOVED RIGHT ACROSS THE SUN'S DISC DURING A FIVE-HOUR FORTHCOMING TRANSIT WILL LAST LESS THAN TWO HOURS WITH CUTTING ACROSS A SECTOR OF THE SUN'S DISC.
DURING THE TRANSIT, MERCURY WILL BE OBSERVED AS A DOT ENTERING THE SUN'S DISC FROM THE SOUTH AND LEAVING SOUTHWEST, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
AUSTRALIA AND
WHEN MERCURY TRANSIT, THE MERCURY JUST
SMALL BLACK TOWARDS THE
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