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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1988
A FISHING VESSEL SANK OFF WAOLAN ISLAND, A MACAU-BOUND
JETFOIL
WAS IMMOBILISED AND ANOTHER MACAU-BOUND BARGE AND ITS TUG BOAT WERB MISSING.
SEVEN PEDESTRIANS IN WONG TAI SIN WERE INJURED AFTER LOSING BALANCE IN THE STRONG WINDS.
THE TUEN MUN HIGHWAY AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD WERE LITTERED WITH BLOWN DOWN TREES, OVERTURNED MOTOR CYCLES AND OTHER DEBRIS AND WERE BRIEFLY CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.
A SCAFFOLDING COLLAPSED IN TOUEN WAN.
IN VARIOUS URBAN AREAS, THE STRONG WINDS ALSO BLEW OFF BILLBOARDS AND CAUSED SOME MINOR INJURIES.
SOME
FELL BY
15.6
A NEW NOVEMBER RECORD WAS SET WHEN TEMPERATURES DEGREES CELSIUS IN 24 HOURS STARTING FROM 3 AM, ON NOVEMBER 28.
BETWEEN 2 AM ON NOVEMBER 28 AND THE SAME TIME ON NOVEMBER 30, A DECREASE OF 17.4 DEGREES CELSIUS IN TEMPERATURE IN 48 HOURS ALSO SET A NEW RECORD FOR NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER 29 AND 30 WERE EXCEPTIONALLY COLD BY NOVEMBER
STANDARDS.
THE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 9.2 DEGREES CRLSIUS ON NOVEMBER 29 EQUALLED THE LOWEST NOVEMBER RECORD SET IN 1922.
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ON NOVEMBER 29 AND 30 WERE BOTH 11.2 DEGREES CELSIUS, THE LOWEST ON RECORD FOR NOVEMBER.
DECEMBER WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL.
ONLY 0.4 MILLIMETRE OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED DURING THE WHOLE
MONTH.
THE MONTHLY MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 60 PER CENT THAN THE NORMAL FIGURE OF 69 PER CENT.
WAS
LOWER
ABOUT 200 CASES OF HILL FIRES WERE REPORTED IN THE MONTH, OUT OF WHICH 106 OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 20, WHEN THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ONCE FELL TO 23 PER CENT AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
ON THAT DAY, A SERIOUS HILL FIRE AT SHAM TSENG FORCED A COMPLETE CLOSURE OF THE TUEN MUN HIGHWAY,
THE MOST SERIOUS HILL FIRE OCCURRED IN TAI MO SHAN COUNTRY PARK ON DECEMBER 21 AND MORE THAN 10,000 TREES WERE DESTROYED.
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