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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1985

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:

SUNSHINE

RAINFALL

CLOUD INESS

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE

MEAN TEMPERATURE

206.2 HOURS

=

43.6 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL

103.3 MM - 194.8 MM BELOW NORMAL

=

63 PER CENT 10 PER CENT LESS THAN

NORMAL

83 PER CENT NORMAL

-

29.7 DEGREES 0.8 DEGREES CELSIUS ABOVE

CELSIUS

NORMAL

26.8 DEGREES -

CELSIUS

0.9 DEGREES CELSIUS ABOVE

NORMAL

MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

25.0 DEGREES

CELSIUS

1.1 DEGREES CELSIUS ABOVE

NORMAL

MEAN DEW POINT

23.6 DEGREES

J

CELSIUS

0.9 DEGREES CELSIUS ABOVE

NORMAL

TOTAL EVAPORATION

130.5 MM - 16.5 MM BELOW NORMAL

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 31.9 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON MAY 12 AND 16.

MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 21.6 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON MAY 1 AND 2.

UC LUNCH FOR XINHUA NEWS AGENCY DIRECTOR

****

THE URBAN COUNCIL TODAY HOSTED A LUNCH FOR MR XU JIATUN, DIRECTOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY, AND SEVERAL SENIOR OFFICIALS OF XINHUA.

IN A SPEECH OF WELCOME, COUNCIL CHAIRMAN MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN SAID: THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY HAS BEEN MOST HELPFUL TO THE URBAN COUNCIL IN ORGANISING OUR MANY CULTURAL AND SPORTS EVENTS WHERE PARTICIPATION HAS BEEN REQUIRED FROM VARIOUS CITIES, SUCH AS BEIJING, SHANGHAI AND GUANGZHOU ETC.

+THIS HAS HELPED TO ENRICH THE CULTURAL, RECREATION AND SPORTS LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ENABLED HONG KONG RESIDENTS TO APPRECIATE THE RICHNESS OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION, THUS STRENGTHENING HONG KONG'S IMPORTANCE AS AN INTERNATIONAL

CITY.

/+RECENTLY, MR

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