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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1985

+EVENTUALLY WE HOPE THE FINDINGS AND RESULTS WOULD PROVIDE THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE GOVERNMENT WITH INFORMATION WHICH COULD BE USEFUL IN PLANNING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES, + MR CHOY SAID.

ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF SHAM SHUI PO RESIDENTS LIVE IN PRIVATE BUILDINGS CLUSTERED AROUND THE NAM CHEONG AND CHEUNG SHA WAN AREAS.

OWING TO DISPERSED OWNERSHIP AND LACK OF CO-ORDINATION, MANY OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE ILL-MANAGED AND PLAGUED BY VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL AND MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS.

ACCORDING TO MR CHOY, A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE OLDER BUILDINGS ARE INFESTED BY ILLEGAL EXTENSIONS AND ROOF-TOP STRUCTURES- WHILE HEALTH AND FIRE HAZARDS, BAD SECURITY, POLLUTION AND BUILDING DILAPIDATION ARE ALSO A COMMON PHENONMENON.

ON THE METHOD AND EXTENT OF THE SURVEY, MR CHOY SAID A STANDARD QUESTIONNAIRE WOULD BE SENT TO VIRTUALLY EVERY BUILDING WITH A MANAGEMENT OR REPRESENTATIVE BODY.

IN CASES WHERE THERE IS NO MANAGEMENT, SURVEYS WILL BE CONDUCTED ON A HOUSEHOLD BASIS.

A LETTER HAS BEEN SENT BY THE WORK ING GROUP TO ALL RESPONDENTS TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE FORTHCOMING SURVEY AND INTERVIEWERS WILL ALSO PRODUCE IDENTITY CARDS DURING THE IR VISITS,

ON COMPLETION OF THE DATA ANALYSIS, THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE COLLATED IN A REPORT AND PRESENTED TO THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

SEPTEMBER CLOUDIER, COOLER, MORE HUMID

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SEPTEMBER 1985 WAS CLOUDIER, COOLER AND MORE HUMID THAN USUAL, WITH A MEAN CLOUDINESS OF 77 PER CENT WHICH WAS THE FIFTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR ANY SEPTEMBER, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTED TODAY.

THE MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 29 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS THE NINTH LOWEST ON RECORD WHILE THE MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 83 PER CENT WAS THE TENTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER.

THE WEATHER WAS CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO 3.

THE WARM AND DRY AIR AHEAD OF TYPHOON TESS, WHICH ENTERED THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON SEPTEMBER 4, GAVE RISE TO FINE, SUNNY AND HOT WEATHER IN HONG KONG. THE TEMPERATURE IN THE AFTERNOON

ROSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 32.7 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH. BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.

/AS TESS