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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1985

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:

SUNSHINE

RAINFALL

CLOUDINESS

RELATIVELY HUMIDITY

MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE

MEAN TEMPERATURE

MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

111.9 HOURS- 67.4 HOURS BELOW NORMAL

10.7 MM- 14.6 MM BELOW NORMAL

68%= 16% MORE THAN NORMAL

68%- 1% LOWER THAN NORMAL

19.0 DEGREES C- 1.8 DEGREES C BELOW NORMAL

17.0 DEGREES C 0.7 DEGREES C BELOW NORMAL

15.3 DEGREES C- 0.1 DEGREES C ABOVE NORMAL

10.8 DEGREES C- 0.6 DEGREES C BELOW NORMAL

80.9 MM- 39.2 MM BELOW NORMAL

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 25.1 DEGREES C WAS RECORDED ON DECEMBER 15

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 7.7 DEGREES C WAS RECORDED ON DECEMBER 29.

HUT FOR MOTHER TERESA'S MISSION

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MOTHER TERESA TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SIGNED A +HANDOVER CERTIFICATE+ ACKNOWLEDGING POSSESSION OF A HUT INSIDE THE FORMER SHAM SHUI PO ARMY CAMP ON BEHALF OF THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY+.

TENANCY OF HUT 291 WAS GRANTED BY THE LANDS DEPARTMENT TO THE +MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY+ AT A NOMINAL RENT OF $1 PER ANNUM. THE PREMISES WILL BE USED TO RUN A NON-PROF IT MAKING CENTRE FOR DESTITUTES AND STREET-SLEEPERS AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.

HUT 291 IS A SINGLE-STOREY CONCRETE STRUCTURE, OCCUPYING ABOUT 480 SQUARE METRES.

+MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY+ WAS FOUNDED BY MOTHER TERESA IN CALCUTTA IN 1950. FOUR SISTERS AND THREE BROTHERS BEGAN MISSIONARY WORK IN HONG KONG IN JANUARY 1983 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF HONG KONG.

SIGNING ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT WAS MR ALBERT SO. CHIEF ESTATE SURVEYOR/PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT, LANDS DEPARTMENT.

ALSO PRESENT WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF HONG KONG.

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