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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1988

NORTH DB COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER TRACK REPAIR

MEMBERS OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE WILL MEET ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 13) TO DISCUSS PROPOSALS FOR REPAIRING A MUDDY TRACK NEXT то THE SHEUNG SRUI TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA.

THE TRACK, ON WHICH THF GREEN MINIBUS ROUTE

IS IN NEED OF REPAIR.

NO. 51 OPERATES,

WORKS

MEMBERS WILL CONSIDER RECENT REQUESTS FOR IMPROVEMENT UNDER THE MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS (MEI) PROJECT, AND LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS (LPW) AND SQUATTER AREA IMPROVEMENTS (SAI) PROJECTS.

THE PROPOSED VILLAGE LIGHTING PROGRAMME FOR THE DISTRICT IN 1989-90 WILL BE TABLED FOR CONSIDERATION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE, JOCKEY CLUB ROAD, FANLING ROUNDABOUT, FANLING ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 13). THE MEETING WILL START AT 9.30 AM.

RAINFALL IN AUGUST ABOVE AVERAGE

FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE MONTH, RAINFALL IN AUGUST WAS ABOVE NORMAL. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 505.7 MILLIMETRES WAS 22 PER CENT ABOVE THE MEAN OF 113.4 MILLIMETRES FOR AUGUST.

THE MORE-THAN-AVERAGE RAINFALL IN JULY AND AUGUST BOOSTED THE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNT SINCE JANUARY 1 то 1,381.1 MILLIMETRES WHICH WAS 20 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1,723.1 MILLIMETRES.

ALJ. RAINFALL THIS AUGUST COULD BE ATTRIBUTED EITHER TO A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS

OR TO AN ACTIVE SOUTHWEST MONSOON. NO RAINFALL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL CYCLONE.

THIS WAS THE SECOND AUGUST SINCE 1950 IN WHICH NO TROPICAL CYCLONE OCCURRED OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

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