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SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1987

SEVERAL COMPLAINTS LODGED BY RESIDENTS ON TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT MATTERS WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING. THESE INCLUDE IMPROVING TRAFFIC SIGNS AT THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, RE-ROUTING BUS ROUTE 81 AND INSUFFICIENT ROAD SIGNS BETWEEN CHAI WAN ROUNDABOUT AND HENG FA CHUEN.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD AT 2.30 PM TOMORROW IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE ON THE FIRST FLOOR AT 880-886, KING'S ROAD.

TYPHOON WAYNE GOES INTO THE RECORD BOOK

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TYPHOON WAYNE, WHICH AFFECTED HONG KONG BETWEEN AUGUST 19 AND SEPTEMBER 5 LAST YEAR, SET A RECORD AS THE FIRST TROPICAL CYCLONE EVER TO REQUIRE THE HOISTING OF WARNING SIGNALS ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

ANOTHER FEATURE OF 1986 WAS A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 4.8 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.

HOWEVER, IN ITS SUMMARY OF THE YEAR'S WEATHER, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORTS THAT, ON THE WHOLE, 1986 WAS NORMAL. THE YEAR'S MEAN TEMPERATURE RECORDED WAS THE SAME AS THE NORMAL VALUE OF 22.8 DEGREES CELSIUS WHILE RAINFALL, TOTALLING 2 338.3 MILLIMETRES, WAS ONLY FIVE PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL.

TWO UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES WERE A WATERSPOUT NEAR TAP MUN AND A TORNADO IN ABERDEEN IN AUGUST.

THE GALE OR STORM SIGNAL WAS HOISTED TWICE IN 1986, DURING THE APPROACH OF TYPHOON PEGGY IN JULY AND OF TYPHOON WAYNE IN AUGUST. BOTH TYPHOONS CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO HONG KONG.

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