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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1962

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UK-CHINA AND UK-SWISS AIR SERVICES REVIEW

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THE UK AND CHINA AERONAUTICAL AUTHORITIES WILL HOLD ANOTHER ROUND OF TALKS IN PEKING BEFORE THE END OF MARCH, 1933 TO REVIEW THE BILATERAL AIR SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS.

THIS WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF THE TALKS HELD BETWEEN

THE TWO SIDES IN LONDON EARLIER THIS MONTH DURING WHICH SERVICES ON BOTH THE LONDON-PEKING AND REGIONAL ROUTES TOUCHING HONG KONG WERE REVIEWED.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND PEKING AS WELL AS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI FOR NEXT SUMMER WERE ALSO DISCUSSED.

AT ANOTHER ROUND OF AIR SERVICES TALKS HELD RECENTLY IN BERNE, AGREEMENT WAS REACHED BETWEEN THE UK AND SWISS AERONAUTICAL AUTHORITIES FOR CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS TO OPERATE UP TO THREE SERVICES A WEEK WITH WIDE-BODIED AIRCRAFT TO A POINT IN SWITZERLAND AND FOR SWISSAIR TO SWITCH FROM FIVE DC10 SERVICES A WEEK TO A MIX OF DC10 AND B747 AIRCRAFT.

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WAS REPRESENTED AT BOTH ROUNDS OF TALKS BY MR NORMAN LATHAM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.

UNUSUALLY WET NOVEMBER

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NOVEMBER WITH A TOTAL RAINFALL OF 95.8 MM WAS 176 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL AND WAS ALSO THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH ABOVE-AVERAGE RAINFALL, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT RELEASED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY.

THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY THIS YEAR WAS

3 247.5 MM, OR 4.7 PER CENT ABOVE THE ANNUAL RECORD OF 3 100.4 MM ESTABLISHED IN 1973.

A MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 77 PER CENT AND A MEAN DEW POINT OF 17.9 DEGREES CELSIUS WERE REGISTERED LAST MONTH, WHICH WERE THE THIRD AND THE SECOND HIGHEST RESPECTIVELY ON RECORD FOR NOVEMBER.

THE WEATHER WAS FINE DURING THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH BUT BECAME CLOUDY WITH SOME LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE EVENING AS WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST AND BECAME STRONG OFF-SHORE DURING THE NIGHT.

WINDS MODERATED THE FOLLOWING DAY BUT THE WEATHER REMAINED CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN AT NIGHT FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

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