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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1989

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:

TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE

195.4 HOURS : 14.5 HOURS BELOW

MEAN DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION

13.86 MJ/SQUARE METRE

TOTAL RAINFALL

NORMAL

1.98 MJ/SQUARE METRE BELOW NORMAL

106.0 MM BELOW NORMAL

15.2 MM

56%

:

4% MORE THAN NORMAL

73%

MEAN AMOUNT OF CLOUD

MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY

MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM

AIR TEMPERATURE

27.3 DEGREES CELSIUS

MEAN AIR TEMPERATURE

25.1 DEGREES CELSIUS

MEAN DAILY MINIMUM

AIR TEMPERATURE

23.4 DEGREES CELSIUS

:

MEAN DEW POINT

19.7 DEGREES CELSIUS

TOTAL EVAPORATION

1% HIGHER THAN NORMAL

0.6 DEGREE CELSIUS BELOW NORMAL

0.1 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

0.7 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

0.4 DEGREE CELSIUS ABOVE NORMAL

129.2

MM

29.7 MM BELOW NORMAL

RENOWNED MUSICIANS PERFORM IN YOUTH STRING MUSIC FESTIVAL

THE BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE OF TWO RENOWNED MUSICIANS FROM THE UNITED STATES. MS XIAO HONGME I AND MR IVAN CHAN. AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL TODAY (SUNDAY WON APPLAUSE FROM OVER 1,000 LOCAL YOUNG STRING PLAYERS.

THE PERFORMANCE WAS ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE AS PART OF THE PROGRAMME OF THE INTERFLOW CONCERT WHICH RAISED THE CURTAIN ON THE 1989 HONG KONG YOUTH STRING MUSIC FESTIVAL.

ALSO TAKING PART IN THE CONCERT WERE NINE STRING ORCHESTRAS KEI WAN PRIMARY SCHOOL. STRING ORCHESTRA. HONG KONG MUSIC INSTITUTE YOUTH ORCHESTRA, ST STEPHEN'S GIRLS' COLLEGE STRING ORCHESTRA. ST PAUL'S CO-EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE STRING ORCHESTRA AND FIVE ORCHESTRAS FROM THE MUSIC OFFICE.

PIECES PRESENTED BY THE YOUNG MUSICIANS INCLUDED TELEMANN'S "CONCERTO POLONAISE". TSCHAIKOVSKY'S "SERENADE FOR STRINGS" AND WARLOCK'S "CAPRIOL SUITE FOR STRING ORCHESTRA”.

/THE MUSIC