SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1985
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FREE T-SHIRT PRINTING WITH THE ADOLESCENT HEALTH SLOGAN WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AUGUST 18.
DURING THE EXHIBITION PERIOD FROM AUGUST 17 TO 23, A NUMBER OF RELATED PROGRAMMES WILL BE HELD AT THE CITY HALL RECITAL HALL INCLUDING A SEMINAR FOR TEACHERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS, A WORKSHOP FOR ADOLESCENTS AGED 14 TO 18 AND FILM AND SLIDE SHOWS ON VARIOUS YOUTH TOPICS.
NEW BUILDINGS FOR BEACHES *****
THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BUILD MORE THAN 10 BUILDINGS ON VARIOUS GAZETTED BEACHES IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN ITS CONTINUING EFFORTS TO PROVIDE SWIMMERS WITH BETTER FACILITIES.
ABOUT $30 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE WORKS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE BEACH BUILD GS WILL HAVE CHANGING ROOMS AND SHOWERS, FIRST AID ROOMS, TOILETS, OFFICES, STOREROOMS AND REFRESHMENT KIOSKS.
THREE OF THE BUILDINGS, AT TRIO BEACH AND KIU TSUI BEACH IN SAI KUNG AND LO SO SHING BEACH ON LAMMA ISLAND, ARE ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THEY WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DURING THIS SWIMMING SEASON.
WORK ON TWO OTHER BUILDINGS
AT PUI O BEACH ON LANTAU ISLAND AND CLEAR WATER BAY (FIRST BEACH) IN SAI KUNG, WILL START LATER THIS YEAR.
OTHER BEACH BUILDINGS WILL BE LOCATED AT CHEUNG SHA BEACH ON LANTAU ISLAND, HAP MUN BEACH IN SAI KUNG, TUNG WAN BEACH ON MA WAN ISLAND, APPROACH BEACH IN TSUEN WAN, AND NEW CAFETERIA BEACH AND BUTTERFLY BEACH IN TUEN MUN.
JULY RAINFALL BELOW NORMAL
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THE TOTAL RAINFALL OF JULY, AT 189.8 MM, WAS 40 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL, MAKING IT THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH LESS THAN NORMAL RAINFALL THIS YEAR, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY.
THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL FROM JANUARY TO THE END OF JULY WAS FIVE PER CENT BELOW AVERAGE.
THE MEAN
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