SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1994
TABLE 1.2 FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
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JULY 1994
TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE
MEAN DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION
136.4 HOURS; 94.7 HOURS BELOW NORMAL
12.38 MJ/SQ M;
5.87 MJ/SQ M BELOW NORMAL
TOTAL RAINFALL
MEAN CLOUD AMOUNT
MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY
MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
MEAN AIR TEMPERATURE
MEAN DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
MEAN DEW POINT
TOTAL EVAPORATION
1,147.2 MM; 823.7 MM ABOVE NORMAL
78 PER CENT; 13 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL
86 PER CENT; 6 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL
30.4 DEGREES CELSIUS;
1 1 DEGREES CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL
27.9 DEGREES CELSIUS;
0.9 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL
25.8 DEGREES CELSIUS;
0.8 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL
25.3 DEGREES CELSIUS;
0.4 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL
92.4 MM; 79.2 MM BELOW NORMAL
REMARKS: ALL
ROYAL OBSERVATORY EXCEPT
WERE MADE AT THE MEASUREMENTS SUNSHINE, SOLAR RADIATION AND EVAPORATION WHICH WERE RECORDED AT KING'S PARK.
PDB APPOINTS COMMERCIAL ADVISER
PORT
A FORMER MASTER MARINER WITH WIDE EXPERIENCE OF CONTAINER
HAS JOINED THE PORT DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS IN HONG KONG AND CHINA BOARD AS COMMERCIAL ADVISER.
IN HIS NEW ROLE MR PETER FREDERICK GLASS WILL FACILITIES HONG KONG NEEDS, TAKING ACCOUNT OF CHINESE PORTS.
PORT
DETERMINE WHAT COMPETITION FROM
HE
WILL OVERSEE
AND CO-ORDINATE
DEVELOPMENT THE
OF THESE
FACILITIES BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND WILL DEVELOP A PORT PROMOTION PROGRAMME.
THE ON
ORGANISATIONAL,
NEW PORT
HE WILL ALSO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL, ECONOMIC AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPING FACILITIES AND MANAGE AND CO-ORDINATE THE PORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
/MR GLASS