SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1980
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THE WEATHER BECAME VERY DRY IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR AND OCTOBER 1979 WAS THE DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH NO RAINFALL REGISTERED IN THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY. IT WAS ALSO THE SUNNIEST, LEAST HUMID AND LEAST CLOUDY OCTOBER ON RECORD. MORE THAN 2 000 FIRES OCCURRED INCLUDING SOME 400 HILL FIRES WHICH RAVAGED 200 000 TREES AND 1 600 HECTARES OF VEGETATION.
ANOTHER RECORD WAS SET IN NOVEMBER WHEN THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED ON FIVE OCCASIONS AND WAS DISPLAYED FOR A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 108 HOURS BOTH FIGURES ARE THE HIGHEST FOR NOVEMBER SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SIGNAL IN 1950. THE 200 HILL FIRES IN THE MONTH DESTROYED 300 000 TREES AND 1 105 HECTARES OF VEGETATION. ONE OF THESE BROKE OUT ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 18 IN THE TAI LAM CHUNG AREA AND RAGED FOR 30 HOURS, DESTROYING 265 000 TREES AND 500 HECTARES OF VEGETATION.
THE STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 18 WERE REPORTED TO HAVE CAUSED 13 ACCIDENTS RESULTING IN 16 INJURIES MOSTLY CAUSED BY FALLING SCAFFOLDINGS, SIGN BOARDS AND DEBRIS.
THE YEAR ENDED WITH A MILD, SUNNY AND DRY DECEMBER WHICH HAD ONLY ONE DAY WITH MEASURABLE RAIN AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY - A MERE 0.2 MM, THE SEVENTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH.
STUBBS ROAD FLYOVER TAKING SHAPE
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CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE $54.6 MILLION STUBBS ROAD FLYOVER IS MAKING HEADWAY.
+THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE SINKING OF MORE THAN 170 PILES AND NEARLY 100 OF THEM HAVE NOW BEEN COMPLETED, + SAID MR. YEUNG KIM-CHOY, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE.
HE ADDED THAT ONE-QUARTER OF THE NUMBER OF COLUMNS FOR THE ELEVATED ROAD HAD ALSO BEEN BUILT, AND OVER 200 BEAMS, REQUIRED FOR THE FLYOVER, HAD BEEN PRODUCED AT THE CASTING YARD NEARBY.
SOME OF THESE BEAMS, MR. YEUNG SAID, HAD BEEN PUT INTO POSITION ON THE UPPER SECTION OF THE FLYOVER.
ON COMPLETION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE 450-METRE FLYOVER WILL LINK LOWER STUBBS ROAD WITH WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD, THUS IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW AT THE STUBBS ROAD ROUNDABOUT.
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