THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1990
COMPLETE AND
THE FILMS TOOK A YEAR TO
INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ALMOST 120 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY. THESE LOCATIONS VARIED FROM LANDFILL SITES TO CLASSROOMS; FROM BACK STREETS RUNNING DEEP WITH FACTORY EFFLUENT TO THE STILLNESS OF COUNTRY PARKS; FROM BENEATH THE FLIGHT PATHS OF JET AIRCRAFT TO SEWAGE WORKS, INCINERATORS, DIRTY BEACHES AND EAR-SPLITTING CONSTRUCTION SITES.
IN ADDITION, MATERIAL WAS SECURED FROM UPWARDS OF A DOZEN OVERSEAS SOURCES TO HELP SET HONG KONG'S PROBLEMS IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
THE PROJECT WAS LAUNCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT, IF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION WERE TO BE ACHIEVED, IT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL ΤΟ PROVIDE UNVARNISHED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEMS FACED.
THIS "ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT" SERIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHOWN ON ATV'S ENGLISH AND CHINESE CHANNELS IN JULY AND AUGUST.
THE WEATHER OF SEPTEMBER 1990
THE WEATHER IN SEPTEMBER WAS ON THE WHOLE AND WET.
THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 409.9 MILLIMETRES ABOVE THE MONTH'S NORMAL OF 320.4 MILLIMETRES.
RELATIVELY CLOUDY
WAS 28 PER CENT
OVER HALF OF THE MONTH'S RAINFALL COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PASSAGE OF TYPHOON DOT OVER SOUTHERN CHINA.
THE TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY MILLIMETRES, SEVEN PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
1 AMOUNTED ΤΟ 1,909.2 OF 2,043.5 MILLIMETRES
THE WEATHER ON THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH WAS SUNNY AND VERY HOT.
THE PASSAGE OF TYPHOON ABE OVER EASTERN CHINA BROUGHT AN MASS OF CONTINENTAL ORIGIN TO THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS.
AIR
THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON SEPTEMBER 2 DROPPED BELOW 50 PER CENT WHILE THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO A PEAK OF 33.8 DEGREES, THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH.
A MOISTER EASTERLY AIRSTREAM SET IN THAT NIGHT AND GAVE RISE TO SOME LIGHT SHOWERS.
/GENERALLY FINE
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