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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1979

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE AUCTION CAN BE MADE BY TELEPHONING THE SENIOR HEALTH INSPECTOR AT THE, HAWKERS AND MARKETS SECTION OF THE TUEN MUN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE, ON 12-820800 EXTENSION 231.

THE HUNG CHEUNG COOKED FOOD CENTRE IS SITUATED IN AREA 12, TUEN MUN, BETWEEN HUNG CHEUNG ROAD AND SAN LIK STREET. IT IS TO SERVE FACTORY WORKERS IN THE AREA,

THERE ARE ALTOGETHER 11 STALLS AT THE NEWLY COMPLETED CENTRE. A NUMBER OF STALLS WERE ALREADY LET OUT IN AN AUCTION LAST MONTH.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THE HUNG CHEUNG COOKED FOOD CENTRE IS THE FIRST COOKED FOOD CENTRE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WITH MODERN FACILITIES AND UP-TO-DATE DESIGN INCLUDING A CENTRALISED EXHAUST SYSTEM TO ENSURE FREE CIRCULATION OF AIR.

+EACH STALL IS PARTITIONED WITH A SHORT WALL AND IS PROVIDED WITH A DRIP BOARD, A SINK, AND INDIVIDUAL WATER AND ELECTRICITY METERS.

+BECAUSE OF THE RAPID INDUSTRIAL GROWTH OF TUEN MUN, THE HUNG CHEUNG COOKED FOOD CENTRE SHOULD SHORTLY BE IN GREAT DEMAND IN PROVIDING AN ESSENTIAL AND PROPER COOKED FOOD SERVICE IN THE AREA, HE SAID.

STORMY MAC BRINGS HEAVY RAINFALL IN SEPTEMBER

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HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MAC BROUGHT THE TOTAL RAINFALL IN SEPTEMBER TO 506.3 MM, WHICH IS 53 PER CENT ABOVE AVERAGE, ACCORDING TO THE MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT RELEASED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR (UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30) AMOUNTED TO 2 603.3 MM, WHICH IS 25 PER CENT MORE THAN USUAL. THE MONTH WAS ALSO LESS SUNNY AND SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL,

DURING THE MONTH, SIX TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA BUT ONLY SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MAC AND TROPICAL STORM NANCY AFFECTED HONG KONG. GALE WARNING SIGNAL NO. 8 WAS HOISTED FOR MAC AND STAND BY SIGNAL NO. 1 FOR NANCY.

THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS WHILE THE FOLLOWING SIX DAYS WERE MAINLY FINE APART FROM SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

CONDITIONS ON SEPTEMBER 9 AND 10 WERE CLOUDY WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, AND HEAVIER AND MORE FREQUENT THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXPERIENCED DURING THE FOLLOWING TWO DAYS.

/FROM SEPTEMBER