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"For anyone managing a sheltered workshop exciting times and new challenges lie ahead," he added.
The sheltered workshop and hostel opened today is the first of its kind ever run by the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong.
End/Saturday, June 10, 1995
rainfall.
Second driest May on record
May 1995 was the fifth consecutive month this year with below average
The monthly total rainfall of 20.8 millimetres recorded at the Royal Observatory is only 7 per cent of the normal amount, making last month the second driest May on record.
According to a Royal Observatory report released today (Saturday), the total rainfall of 183.7 millimetres accumulated since January 1 was 70 per cent below the normal of 616.5 millimetres for the same period and was also the second lowest record for the first five months.
Hot weather prevailed during the last few days of the month and a maximum temperature of 34.2 degrees was recorded on May 30, the fourth highest for the month of May.
Under the influence of a southerly airstream, it was fine and hot the first two days in May. A trough of low pressure developed over south China on May 3.
On its approach to the south China coast on May 4, the weather became unsettled over the territory with widespread rain and thunderstorms that afternoon. More than 40 millimetres of rainfall were recorded over the northeastern part of the New Territories that day but less than 20 millimetres in urban areas.
A fresh and relatively cool northeasterly airstream brought cloudy weather to Hong Kong on May 5. Temperatures dropped to the month's lowest of 20.8 degrees early that morning.