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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1984

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:

SUNSHINE

RAINFALL

CLOUD INESS

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE

MEAN TEMPERATURE

MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

162.7 HOURS - 43.3 HOURS BELOW NORMAL

348.8 MM - 64.6 MM BELOW NORMAL

75 % - 9 % MORE THAN NORMAL

81 % = 2 % LOWER THAN NORMAL

30.9 DEG C = 0.3 DEG C BELOW NORMAL

28,2 DEG C NORMAL

26.4 DEG C =

24.6 DEG C =

0.5 DEG C ABOVE NORMAL

0.2 DEG C BELOW NORMAL

141.4 MM = 22.9 MM BELOW NORMAL

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 34.4 DEG C WAS RECORDED ON AUGUST 29 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 23.0 DEG C WAS RECORDED ON AUGUST 15

IMAGINATIVE EQUIPMENT FOR UC PLAYGROUNDS

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A HEALTHY AND HAPPY HONG KONG IS THE AIM OF THE URBAN COUNCIL.

AND EACH YEAR IT ALLOCATES CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES TO THE PROVISION OF PASSIVE AND ACTIVE RECREATION FACILITIES FOR THE YOUNG AND OLD TO SPEND THEIR LEISURE HOURS IN THE EVENINGS, DURING WEEKENDS AND ON HOLIDAYS.

AT THE COUNCIL'S LATEST MEETING OF ITS TENDER BOARD PANEL SEVERAL TENDERS TOTALLING $991 000 WERE AGREED FOR THE PURCHASE OF A WIDE RANGE OF TRADITIONAL AND MODERN-DESIGN PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO REPLACE THOSE OUTDATED ONES AS PART OF THE NORMAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME.

OF THE PLAY EQUIPMENT TO BE PURCHASED, THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONES ARE PLAY STRUCTURE WITH SLIDE POLE AND PLASTIC SPIRAL SLIDE (AT $68 000 A UNIT), LOG CABIN SHELTER AND SLIDE WITH RUN-OUT AND HANDRAIL (AT $26 500 A UNIT), WUM CLIMBER (AT $20 000 A UNIT) AND APOLLO WHIRLS (AT $15 500 A UNIT).

/IN FACT,