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FRIDAY, MA 10, 1985
IN FOUR OTHER CONTRACTS TOTALLING $29 MILLION, 63 LIFTS AND ONE ESCALATOR WILL BE SUPPLIED AND INSTALLED ON 10 DOMESTIC BLOCKS AND TWO COMMERCIAL CENTRES AT THE ESTATES OF HIN KENG, TIN PING, LOWER WONG TAI SIN AND CHUK YUEN.
OF THE REMAINING SEVEN CONTRACTS, THREE WORTH $1.9 MILLION ARE FOR SOFT LANDSCAPING WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT TO ADD MORE GREENERY AT MEI LAM AND LEI CHENG UK ESTATES AND HOS FUNG SHING COURT.
ANOTHER THREE CONTRACTS VALUED AT $1 MILLION ARE FOR SITE INVESTIGATION WORKS AT A NEW PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT AT CHAI WAN AND PO LAM ESTATE IN JUNK BAY.
IN THE LAST CONTRACT WORTH $235 000, AN OLD BLOCK AT TUNG TAU ESTATE WILL BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW ONE TO BE BUILT UNDER THE THIRD PHASE OF A REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME TO UPGRADE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR TENANTS.
APRIL WETTER, COOLER THAN USUAL ******
APRIL WAS WETTER AND COOLER THAN USUAL. THE MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTED TO 271.3 MM, WHICH WAS 95 PER CENT ABOVE THE NORMAL 139.4 MM, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTS.
THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 20.5 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS 1.6 DEGREES, CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL.
THE MONTHLY MEAN DEW POINT, 17.2 DEGREES CELSIUS, WAS THE FOURTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR APRIL.
THE WEATHER WAS OVERCAST ON APRIL 1 AND 2. THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO A MINIMUM OF 13.8 DEGREES CELSIUS ON APRIL 1, THE LOWEST OF THE MONTH. THERE WERE PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN ON APRIL 3 BUT THE WEATHER WAS FINE THE NEXT DAY.
IT BECAME CLOUDY WITH PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN ON APRIL 5 AND 6 ALTHOUGH THERE WERE ALSO SUNNY INTERVALS IN THE AFTERNOON.
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FORMED OVER SOUTH CHINA ON APRIL 6 AND MOVED SLOWLY SOUTHWARDS. ALTHOUGH IT DISSIPATED NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTH CHINA THE NEXT DAY, THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY WITH FOG AND DRIZZLE ON APRIL 7 AND 8. FERRY SERVICES WERE DISRUPTED.
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