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Temporary closure of Queen's Pier
The Marine Department announced today (Thursday) that the centre set of landing steps at Queen's Pier in Central will be closed to marine traffic from 1 pm to 5 pm on Sunday (November 19) when the 1995-96 Fire Prevention Campaign Launching Ceremony is held at Edinburgh Place.
During the period of closure, a fireboat will berth at the set of landing steps.
The department advised owners and operators of small craft to use landing facilities at Sheung Wan and Wan Chai during the period.
End/Thursday, November 16, 1995
Royal Observatory Almanac 1996 published
The Royal Observatory Almanac 1996 has been published and is now on sale at $24 a copy at the Government Publications Centre, Low Block, ground floor, 66 Queensway, and the Royal Observatory Headquarters, 134A Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.
This bilingual booklet contains the traditional Chinese Calendar and times of daily sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, high and low tides, arranged on a month-by- month basis.
The times of meridian passage, rising and setting of the planets are graphically illustrated in the almanac.
The duration of twilight, details of equinoxes, and solstices and eclipses in 1996 as well as climatological normals of Hong Kong and other selected major cities for each month of the year are also given in the booklet.
End/Thursday, November 16, 1995