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SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1983
MEAN TEMPERATURE
MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
32 DEGREES CELSIUS = 0.4 DEGREE
CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL
29.4 DEGREES CELSIUS 0.8 DEGREE
CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL
MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
27.5 DEGREES CELSIUS 1.2 DEGREES CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL
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MEAN DEW POINT
25.2 DEGREES CELSIUS- 0.2 DEGREE
CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL
TOTAL EVAPORATION
174.3 MM - 4.3 MM BELOW NORMAL
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 33.6 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JULY 11 AND THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 24.4 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JULY 17.
END OF TAI HANG TRAFFIC JAMS SEEN
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TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THE BOTTOM OF TAI HANG ROAD DURING PEAK HOURS WILL END WHEN THE NEW TAI HANG ROAD FLYOVER IS COMPLETED IN JUST OVER TWO MONTHS.
MR H.S. KWONG, GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE SAID: +WORK ON THE 550-METRE FLYOVER, WHICH RUNS FROM THE LOWER END OF TAI HANG ROAD, THROUGH MORETON TERRACE, ACROSS CAUSEWAY ROAD TO JOIN GLOUCESTER ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF VICTORIA PARK, IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.
+IT IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC AT THE END OF
OCTOBER, HE SAID.
IN RECENT YEARS, MR KWONG SAID, INTENSIVE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS SERVED BY TÀI HANG ROAD HAD GENERATED A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI HANG ROAD, TUNG LO WAN ROAD AND EASTERN HOSPITAL ROAD.
HE SAID THAT THE SITUATION WOULD IMPROVE FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE FLYOVER, AS TRAFFIC COMING DOWN OR GOING UP TAI HANG ROAD COULD AVOID ́ ́A NUMBER OF ROAD JUNCTIONS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN THE AREA.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 35-METRE PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE SPANNING CAUSEWAY ROAD AT ITS JUNCTION WITH SHELTER STREET.
MR KWONG SAID IT WOULD ALSO BE COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FLYOVER.
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