XN000022-1980-01-09 — Page 6

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1980

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THERE WAS A TRACE OF RAIN ON DECEMBER 3 APART FROM WHICH THE WEATHER REMAINED FINE AND SUNNY FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH UNTIL DECEMBER 17. ON THE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER 5, TEMPERATURE ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 25.3 DEGREES CELSIUS - THE HIGHEST IN THE MONTH.

IT WAS RATHER HUMID FROM DECEMBER 18 TO 22 HEN A

MOIST EASTERLY AIRSTREAM COVERED SOUTH CHINA AND THERE WERE REPORTS OF MIST AND FOG ALONG THE COAST DURING THIS PERIOD WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A MINIMUM OF 200 METRES AT WAGLAN ISLAND AND 800 METRES AT CHEUNG CHAU.

A COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH HONG KONG EARLY ON DECEMBER 23 AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A FEW PATCHES OF VERY LIGHT RAIN. HOWEVER, THE WEATHER IMPROVED VERY RAPIDLY DURING THE DAY.

AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT, CONDITIONS BECAME COOLER AND LESS HUMID AND THE REST OF THE MONTH WAS FINE AND SUNNY. TEMPERATURES FELL STEADILY AND ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 25 THE MONTH'S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 11.4 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED. FRESH TO STRONG WINDS WERE EXPERIENCED FROM DECEMBER 23 TO 25.

DURING THE MONTH NO AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO WEATHER.

THREE TROPICAL CYCLONES WERE REPORTED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA BUT NONE AFFECTED HONG KONG.

THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED ON THREE OCCASIONS TO WARN OF STRONG WINDS OF THE WINTER MONSOON.

THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS EFFECTIVE ON 12 DAYS WHILE THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS IN FORCE ON 15 DAYS. NO THUNDERSTORM OR HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS WERE ISSUED.

SCHOOL HEADS MEET TO DISCUSS

TEACHING CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES

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MORE THAN 100 HEADS OF AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS ARE MEETING THIS WEEK FOR DISCUSSIONS ON TEACHING CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN SPECIAL OR RESOURCE CLASSES,

THE FIRST MEETING WAS HELD THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING AT THE WAN CHAI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION PRIMARY SCHOOL AT OI KWAN ROAD AND ATTENDED BY 44 SCHOOL HEADS ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY DISCUSSED THE AIMS, NATURE AND ORGANISATION OF SPECIAL CLASSES AND RESOURCE CLASSES, AND THE CRITERIA OF SELECTING PUPILS FOR PLACEMENT IN THESE CLASSES.

FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSIONS THE GROUP VISITED SPECIAL AND RESOURCE CLASSES IN SESSION AT THE WAN CHAI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION PRIMARY SCHOOL.

HEADS FROM AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KOWLOON AND TSUEN WAN WILL BE ATTENDING SIMILAR DISCUSSIONS TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AND FRIDAY RESPECTIVELY.

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