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Monday, December 3, 1973

NEW ASTRONOMICAL GUIDE NOW ON SALE

A new booklet of astronomical tables and star charts for Hong

Kong are now on sale at $4.50 per copy.

Compiled by the Royal Observatory, it lists the astronomical

events of 1974, times of sunrise and sunset, times of moonrise and moonset,

phases, declinations, perigees and apogees of the moon, as well as information

on the sun and the planets, and star charts for each month of 1974.

For those who are interested in the comet Kohoutek (1973F), the

booklet contains a special table giving all available information on this

comet and its predicted positions in the night sky between November 9, 1973

and February 22, 1974.

The booklet is available at the Government Publications Centre

at the Star Ferry Concourse, Hong Kong; the Government Printing Department;

and from the Royal Observatory, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Copies may also be ordered through leading bookstores.

WATER CUT

Water supply to a number of premises in Yuen Long will be interrupted

for eight hours from 10 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) to facilitate a water mains

connection at Castle Peak Road near Shun Fung Wai, Yuen Long.

Premises along Castle Peak Road from San Hing Tsuen to Shun Fung

Wai will be affected, including Lan Tei Area.

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