SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1994
NEW BUS ROUTE 292P SERVES SAI KUNG RESIDENTS
A NEW AIR-CONDITIONED BUS ROUTE 292P WILL BE INTRODUCED ON
FROM MONDAY (OCTOBER 17) TO SERVE COMMUTERS TRAVELLING
SAI KUNG TO KWUN TONG (YUE MAN SQUARE), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED.
IT IS A SPECIAL MORNING SERVICE TO PROVIDE A SINGLE TRIP FROM SAI KUNG TO KWUN TONG AT 7.35 AM FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY. NO SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
THE ROUTE WILL RUN VIA WAI MAN ROAD, FUK MAN ROAD, PO TUNG ROAD, HIRAMS HIGHWAY, CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD AND KWUN TONG ROAD.
THE FARE FOR EACH TRIP IS $6.
SEPTEMBER A HUMID MONTH
LAST MONTH WAS MORE HUMID THAN NORMAL WITH A MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 83 PER CENT, THE 10TH HIGHEST FOR SEPTEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1884.
THE MONTH WAS ALSO CLOUDY AND TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE AMOUNTED TO ONLY 124.8 HOURS, THE SECOND LOWEST FOR SEPTEMBER.
THE TOTAL RAINFALL OF 298.9 MILLIMETRES WAS NEAR THE SEPTEMBER NORMAL OF 299.7 MILLIMETRES.
YEAR,
HOWEVER, THE RAINFALL FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THE 2,600.6 MILLIMETRES, WAS STILL 30 PER CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 2,007.1 MILLIMETRES FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
THE MONTH STARTED FINE AND HOT. WITH LONG PERIODS OF TEMPERATURES CLIMBED TO THE MONTH'S HIGHEST OF 31.9 DEGREES AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 2.
SUNSHINE,
IN
THE
AN EASTERLY AIRSTREAM ARRIVED ON SEPTEMBER 3, BRINGING SHOWERS TO THE TERRITORY THAT MORNING.
MEANWHILE, A TROPICAL CYCLONE NAMED JOEL DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON SEPTEMBER 3.
THE NEXT
6 SEPTEMBER
WITH
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH IT AFFECTED THE TERRITORY COUPLE OF DAYS. HOWEVER, THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON GENERALLY FINE PERIODS AND BRIEF SHOWERS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 9.
AFFECTED DOWNPOUR
OF
RAINFALL
UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THE TERRITORY ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 10. THE HEAVIEST OCCURRED BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM AND OVER 50 MILLIMETRES WERE RECORDED IN KOWLOON,
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