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SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1979

$10 MILLION TUEN MUN DIVISIONAL POLICE STATION

MORE THAN HALF COMPLETE

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WORK ON THE $10 MILLION TUEN MUN DIVISIONAL POLICE STATION IS MORE THAN HALF COMPLETE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS ALMOST COMPLETE AND WORK ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FINISHES IS BEING CARRIED OUT.

SITUATED AT THE CORNER OF PUI TO ROAD AND TIN HAU ROAD. THE POLICE STATION OCCUPIES AN AREA OF ABOUT 4,650 SQUARE METRES.

THE STATION IS OF A MODIFIED STANDARD DESIGN SIMILAR TO THE NORTH POINT DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND POLICE STATION.

IT CONSISTS OF AN 18-STOREY COMPOSITE BLOCK, A SINGLE-STOREY SERVICES BUILDING AND A COMPOUND.

THE COMPOSITE BLOCK HOUSES NORMAL POLICE OPERATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, BARRACKS, CANTEENS AND RECREATIONAL ROOMS AND MARRIED QUARTERS FOR INSPECTORS.

THE SINGLE-STOREY BUILDING ACCOMMODATES KENNELS, STORES,

CAR PARKS AND SERVICES FACILITIES,

THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER.

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MAY WAS LESS SUNNY THAN USUAL *****

LAST (MAY) MONTH WAS CLOUDIER AND LESS SUNNY THAN USUAL, ACCORDING TO THE MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY RELEASED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE MEAN CLOUDINESS OF 84 PER CENT RANKED NINTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR MAY AND THE TOTAL SUNSHINE OF 94.3 HOURS WAS THE FIFTH LOWEST ON RECORD.

THE MONTH WAS ALSO SLIGHTLY WETTER THAN USUAL WITH A TOTAL RAINFALL OF 311.6 MM WHICH IS EIGHT PER CENT ABOVE AVERAGE. THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL FROM JANUARY 1 TO MAY 31 WAS 672.5 MM, OR 125.2 MM ABOVE AVERAGE.

IT WAS CLOUDY AND HOT ON MAY 1, A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PASSED SOUTH ACROSS HONG KONG EARLY ON MAY 2, BRINGING SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

THE WEATHER BECAME COOLER WITH CONTINUOUS RAIN AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH AND THE MONTH'S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 19.4 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON MAY 3.

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