SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1983
SIR EDWARD OFF TO PEKING
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, LEFT FOR PEKING THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON TO CONTINUE THE SECOND PHASE OF THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
HE WAS SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROGER LOBO, AND TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR TAN GAN, VICE-CHIEF EDITOR, AND MR JI SHAOXIANG, FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECRETARY.
ACCOMPANYING THE GOVERNOR TO PEKING WERE THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR ROBIN MCLAREN, AND THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF INTERPRETER, MR Y.P. CHENG.
SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE HAS BEEN APPOINTED DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR DURING SIR EDWARD'S ABSENCE.
HIGHEST RAINFALL FOR FIRST SIX MONTHS
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ACCUMULATED RAINFALL FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR IS THE HIGHEST IN HONG KONG FOR THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD SINCE 1889, ACCORDING TO THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY'S MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT PUBLISHED TODAY.
AT 1 734.7 MM, THE TOTAL RAINFALL IS 75 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL.
JUNE WAS HOTTER AND LESS HUMID THAN USUAL, WITH THE MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 27.0 DEGREES CELSIUS BEING THE HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH, THE REPORT SAYS.
THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 79 PER CENT IS THE SECOND LOWEST FOR JUNE.
TOTAL RAINFALL OF THE MONTH, MEASURING 445.8 MM, WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE NORMAL FIGURE.
ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THIS TOTAL WERE RECORDED ON JUNE 17, MAKING IT THE SECOND HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL FOR JUNE.
THE MONTH STARTED WITH FINE WEATHER ON JUNE 1. FRESHENING SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS BROUGHT CLOUDY WEATHER AND ISOLATED SHOWERS THE FOLLOWING DAY.
THE WEATHER DETERIORATED FURTHER ON JUNE 3 AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WITH ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED CLOSE TO HONG KONG FROM THE NORTH. THE TROUGH PASSED THROUGH HONG KONG SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THE WEATHER IMPROVED. WINDS TURNED EASTERLY IN THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 4 WHEN TRACES OF RAIN WERE
RECORDED.
/FROM JUNE 5
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