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SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1980

MIST AND FOG DEVELOPED DURING THE EVENING OF APRIL 19 AND PERSISTED UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 22.

DURING THIS PERIOD, BOTH WAGLAN ISLAND AND CHEUNG CHAU REPORTED MINIMUM VÍSIBILITIES OF 100 METRES WHILE VISIBILITIES AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND KAI TAK AIRPORT WERE REDUCED TO 2 800 AND 3 000 METRES RESPECTIVELY.

A COLD FRONT NEAR THE SOUTH CHINA COAST CAUSED CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH RAIN FROM APRIL 21 TO APRIL 27. FRESH TO STRONG WINDS WERE EXPERIENCED OVERNIGHT ON APRIL 24, AND AGAIN ON APRIL 25 FOLLOWING THE OCCURRENCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFTERNOON.

ON APRIL 27, WHEN THE COLD FRONT MOVED SOUTH AWAY FROM HONG KONG, THE WEATHER GRADUALLY IMPROVED AND THE REST OF THE MONTH WAS MAINLY FINE.

TEMPERATURES IN THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 29 ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 29.9 DEGREES CELSIUS THE HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.

TROPICAL STORM CARMEN, WHICH WAS NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE FROM APRIL 5 TO 7, WAS THE ONLY TROPICAL CYCLONE THAT FORMED DURING THE MONTH.

FOUR AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER AND THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON NINE DAYS.

THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS GIVEN ON SIX DAYS WHILE THE YELLOW FIRE WARNING WAS IN FORCE ON NINE DAYS.

SCHOLARSHIP FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY STUDY

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THE GOVERNMENT IS OFFERING A SCHOLARSHIP TO LOCAL STUDENTS TO STUDY OVERSEAS SO AS TO QUALIFY AS AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST.

THE SCHOLARSHIP WILL COVER A THREE-YEAR DIPLOMA COURSE

IN THE SUBJECT EITHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BEGINNING THIS SEPTEMBER, OR IN AUSTRALIA, BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.

APPLICANTS SHOULD PREFERABLY BE AGED BETWEEN 18 AND 26 AND UNMARRIED, AND SHOULD BE FLUENT IN SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH- AND EITHER BORN IN HONG KONG OR HAVE LIVED HERE FOR NOT LESS THAN SEVEN YEARS.

ACADEMICALLY, THEY SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE TWO SUBJECTS AT GRADE D OR ABOVE IN PHYSICS, BIOLOGY OR CHEMISTRY AT ADVANCED LEVEL OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION.

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