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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1989

WAS OCTOBER

COOLER

TEMPERATURE OF 15.3 DEGREES

MINIMUM THE FIFTH

AND DRIER THAN

THE USUAL. RECORDED ON OCTOBER 31 WAS

LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH.

MILLIMETRES

121.2

THE RAINFALL AMOUNT OF 61.8

RECORDED DURING THE

PER MILLIMETRES BY 49

CENT MONTH FELL SHORT OF THE NORMAL

RUBY, THREATENED HONG ALTHOUGH TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES, PAT AND AND BOTH NECESSITATED THE HOISTING OF THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL NO.

KONG

3.

110 HILL ONE THOUSAND

IT WAS NOT EXCEPTIONALLY DRY; NONETHELESS A TOTAL OF FIRES OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 19, CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL DAY, TREES AND 97 HECTARES OF PLANTATION LAND WERE SCORCHED.

TO BK

OF

THE RAINFALL IN NOVEMBER CONTINUED

BELOW NORMAL. THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE MONTH, 25.6 MILLIMETRES, WAS ONLY 74 PER CENT THE NORMAL FOR NOVEMBER.

WAS THE FIFTH PRESSURE OF

22.4 DEGREES THE MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF LOWEST ON RECORD FOR NOVEMBER WHILE THE MEAN ATMOSPHERIC 1,019.7 HECTOPASCALS WAS THE FIFTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH.

THE MEAN CLOUD AMOUNT OF 30 PER CENT IN DECEMBER WAS THE LOWEST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH.

SIXTH

ABOUT

AND THE

SIXTH

DECEMBER BROUGHT ON THE OTHER HAND, A WET SPELL AT THE END OF THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH TO 106.6 MILLIMETRES. THIS WAS FOUR TIMES THE NORMAL

25.3 MILLIMETRES HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR DECEMBER.

AMOUNT OF

VBP LIAISON GROUP ON SHA TIN DB AGENDA

THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD WILL DISCUSS AT ITS MEETING ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 17) MORNING THE DESIRABILITY OF SETTING UP A LIAISON GROUP CONCERNING THE FUTURE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE CENTRE IN WHITEHEAD, WU KAI SHA.

A MEMBER, MR LAU KONG-WAH, WILL ASK IF THE GOVERNMENT WILL FORM A LIAISON GROUP CONSISTING OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND ALL DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED FOR THE RELEASE OF ACCURATE INFORMATION AND TO ENABLE RESIDENTS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUTURE OPERATION OF THE CENTRE.

LABOUR FACTORY

ANOTHER MEMBER, MR LAM HUNG-CHÂU, WILL ASK IF THE DEPARTMENT HAS CONSIDERED ANY POSITIVE SOLUTION ΤΟ PREVENT OPERATORS FROM LOSING CONFIDENCE IN INVESTMENT IN VIEW OF THE LABOUR SHORTAGE.

HE WILL ALSO ASK IF THE DEPARTMENT'S LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE IN ARE 'S HAS CONDUCTED A PUBLICITY DRIVE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WORK WHERE THEY LIVE.

/MR JUSTEIN