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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1980

MEASURING 2 153 SQUARE METRES, IT IS NEAR FO TAN, SHA TIN, AND THE PRICE PAID BY YAU FOOK HONG COMPANY LIMITED WAS $18 346 PER SQUARE METRE.

IT HAS A PLOT RATIO OF 9.5 AND A BUILDING COVENANT OF $15.34 MILLION TO BE FULFILLED WITHIN FOUR YEARS.

TERMS.

THIS WAS THE ONLY SITE WHICH PERMITTED PAYMENT ON INSTALMENT

PURCHASERS OF THE OTHER THREE SITES ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE SALE CONDITIONS TO PAY A DEPOSIT AND THE FULL BALANCE WITHIN ONE MONTH.

THE AUCTION WAS CONDUCTED BY GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT, MR LARRY TAM, WHO DESCRIBED THE PRICES REALISED AS VERY SATISFACTORY, BUT NOT UNEXPECTED.+

JULY WEATHER WAS WET AND HOT *****

JULY WAS HOTTER AND WETTER THAN USUAL, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN ITS MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY.

THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 35 DEGREES CELSIUS RECORDED ON JULY 10 WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR JULY SINCE 1884.

ALTHOUGH THE MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL OF 454.4 MM WAS 42 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL, THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL OF 1 139.3 MM SINCE JANUARY 1 WAS STILL 14 PER CENT BELOW AVERAGE.

DURING THE MONTH, SIX TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS WERE HOISTED FOR FOUR OF THEM.

THE WEATHER WAS FINE AND HOT DURING THE FIRST NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON. WERE SOME ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS BETWEEN JULY 4 AND 8.

THERE

ON JULY 10, IT BECAME VERY HOT WHEN SEVERE TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS CENTRED ABOUT 300 NAUTICAL MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HONG KONG,

ON THAT DAY, THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 35 DEGREES CELSIUS AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY WAS THE HIGHEST IN JULY DURING THE PAST TWELVE YEARS.

A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 37.8 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED AT TAI O ROYAL NAVY COAST WATCHING STATION. THERE WERE SCATTERED SHOWERS DURING THE NIGHT.

ON JULY 11, WESTERLY WINDS BEGAN TO FRESHEN AND WERE STRONG AT TIMES OFFSHORE DURING THE NIGHT AS IDA MOVED CLOSER TO HONG KONG. WINDS TURNED SOUTHWESTERLY AND ABATED DURING THE EVENING OF JULY 12.

/SCATTERED SHOWERS