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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1983

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE

SUNSHINE

RAINFALL

CLOUDINESS

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE

MEAN TEMPERATURE

MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

33.3 HOURS: 68.1 HOURS BELOW NORMAL

428.0 MM 373.2 MM ABOVE NORMAL

92 PER CENT 16 PER CENT MORE THAN

NORMAL

84 PER CENT 1 2 PER CENT HIGHER THAN

NORMAL

19.2 DEGREES C 2.1 DEGREES C BELOW

NORMAL

17.1 DEGREES CI 1.4 DEGREES C BELOW

NORMAL

15.3 DEGREES C 1.0 DEGREES C BELOW

NORMAL

14.1 DEGREES C 1 0.9 DEGREES C BELOW

NORMAL

59.5 MM: 43.5 MM BELOW NORMAL

THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 25.9 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON MARCH 23 WHILE THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 9.6 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON MARCH 6.

METRICATION COMMITTEE APPOINTS NEW MEMBER

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THE METRICATION COMMITTEE HAS FURTHER STRENGTHENED ITS MEMBERSHIP TO PROMOTE METRICATION IN HONG KONG.

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR JAMES WU ANNOUNCED TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT MR IP YEUK-LAM, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.

MR IP IS A LEADING IMPORTER OF CHINESE SUBSIDIARY FOOD PRODUCE. HE HOLDS RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS IN VARIOUS TRADE

THE HONG ORGANISATIONS, NOTABLY THE HONG KONG FOOD COUNCIL, KONG AND KOWLOON FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS GUILD.

COMMENTING ON THE NEW APPOINTMENT, MR WU SAID: +MR IP ALSO HAS CLOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THE CHAINS OF CHINA PRODUCTS EMPORIUM WHICH IS OUR MAJOR SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR CONSUMER GOODS, PARTICULARLY FOODSTUFFS.+

/+WITH MỸ ......****