SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1994
"THESE TWO SCHEMES ARE AIMED RESPECTIVELY AT HELPING WORKERS IN CHANGING THEIR JOBS AND SUBSIDISING MANUFACTURERS TO SEND THEIR EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND COURSES ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN HONG KONG OR OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL TO THEIR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT,' SHE SAID.
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OF SERIES ENGAGE IN INNOVATIVE AND MOVE INTO HIGH WOULD ENHANCE THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, SHE
THE GOVERNMENT HOPED THAT THROUGH THESE HONG KONG WOULD BE ABLE TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND DESIGN, EFFICIENT AND HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTION VALUE-ADDED MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES WHICH COMPETITIVENESS OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS IN
ADDED.
WEATHER OF 1993
1993 WAS AN EVENTFUL YEAR IN TERMS OF WEATHER.
EXTRENES IN SEASONAL TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS WERE MARKED BY A PROLONGED COLD SPELL IN JANUARY AND AN UNUSUALLY HOT AND DRY SUMMER IN JULY AND AUGUST.
IN A YEAR OF FREQUENT TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY, THE NO.8 GALE OR STORM SIGNALS WERE HOISTED FOUR TIMES, JUST ONE SHORT OF THE RECORD SET IN 1964.
THE RATHER LONG TYPHOON SEASON SPANNED FROM LATE JUNE TO EARLY
NOVEMBER.
APART FROM SEASONAL MONSOON RAIN IN JUNE, THERE WERE ALSO SEVERE RAINSTORMS OCCURRING WITH THE PASSAGE OF TROPICAL CYCLONES, MOST NOTABLY DURING DOT IN SEPTEMBER AND IRA IN NOVEMBER.
THE TOTAL RAINFALL IN 1993 AMOUNTED TO 2,343.9 MILLIMETRES, SIX PER CENT ABOVE THE ANNUAL MEAN OF 2,214.3 MILLIMETRES.
JANUARY.
ONE OF THE MOST PERSISTENT COLD SPELLS IN HONG KONG OCCURRED IN
DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW 12 DEGREES FOR 16 CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM JANUARY 15 TO 30 AND DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW 12 DEGREES FOR 11 CONSECUTIVE DAYS, THE LONGEST DURATION SINCE 1887.
GROUND ON THE WENT DOWN TO WAS 43 PER
FREEZING CONDITIONS WERE EXPERIENCED ON HIGH MORNING OF JANUARY 16 AND TEMPERATURES AT TAI MO SHAN -2.0 DEGREES. THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 33.5 MILLIMETRES CENT AROVE THE JANUARY NORMAL OF 23.4 MILLIMETRES.
FEBRUARY
WITH NO SIGNIFICANT SURGES OF COLD AIR FROM THE NORTH, WAS UNSEASONABLY MILD. THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURES OF 18 DEGREES AND THE MONTHLY MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 16.3 DEGREES WERE BOTH THE FOURTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR FEBRUARY.
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