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SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1980

THE WHITE PAPER, SHE SAID, WAS DERIVED FROM THE 1976 GREEN PAPER WHICH WAS EARLIER PREPARED AS A PROGRAMME PLAN, IN WHICH THE DEAF AND THE DISABLED WERE INCLUDED AS TARGET GROUPS OF THE SERVICES RECOMMENDED.

MRS CHAN PRAISED VICTORIA PARK SCHOOL FOR ITS ENDEAVOURS TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF AND FOR ITS ENTHUSIASTIC SPIRIT IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

+ IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT, APART FROM HEARING-IMPAIRED CHILDREN, THE SCHOOL ALSO ACCEPTS DEAF CHILDREN WITH OTHER DISABILITIES SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE CHANCE TO RECEIVE PROPER EDUCATION,+ SHE SAID.

FINAL SEASONAL RAINFALL FORECAST FOR 1980 *****

WHEN THE PRELIMINARY SEASONAL RAINFALL FORECAST WAS ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR IT WAS STATED THAT THE FORECAST WOULD BE UPDATED IN MAY WHEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECAME AVAILABLE. METEOROLOGICAL DATA FOR APRIL WHICH HAS NOW BEEN ANALYSED INDICATES THAT MORE RAIN THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST MAY BE EXPECTED.

RAINFALL FOR THE PERIOD MAY TO OCTOBER IS NOW FORECAST TO BE BETWEEN 1 900 - 2 300 MILLIMETRES WHICH CORRESPOND TO A RANGE FROM NEAR NORMAL TO 20 PER CENT ABOVE THE 30-YEAR NORMAL OF 1 924 MILLIMETRES.

FOR THE YEAR AS A WHOLE THE RAINFALL IS FORECAST TO LIE WITHIN THE RANGE 2 300 - 2 700 MILLIMETRES, THAT IS FROM NEAR NORMAL TO 20 PER CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 2 246 MILLIMETRES.

THE PRELIMINARY FORECAST ISSUED IN FEBRUARY PREDICTED THAT RAINFALL FOR THE PERIOD MAY TO OCTOBER WOULD LIE IN THE RANGE 1 600 - 2 000 MILLIMETRES.

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