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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1992

FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION QUIZ COMPETITION TO CLOSE SOON

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE TODAY (TUESDAY) URGED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT (SWD) TO SEND IN THEIR QUIZ COMPETITION ENTRIES BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THE ENTRY FORMS ARE PRINTED ON COPIES OF A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT BOOKLET ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION TO PROMOTE HARMONIOUS FAMILY RELATIONS. COPIES ARE OBTAINABLE FROM VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE DEPARTMENT.

A SWD SPOKESMAN SAID PRIZES WOULD INCLUDE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION TO FORGE GOOD FAMILY RELATIONS,

HE SAID IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SKE HUNDREDS OF ENTRIES HAD ALREADY COME IN AND URGED THOSE INTERESTED TO SEND IN THEIR ENTRIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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THE BOOKLET PRODUCED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN WITH THE HELP OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS, IS ONE HIGHLIGHT OF THE CURRENT YEAR'S CAMPAIGN TO FURTHER PROMOTE GOOD FAMILY RELATIONS.

ENTRIES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE FAMILA LIFE EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE, 24TH FLOOR, SOUTHORN CENTRE, 130 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI.

WEATHER OF JUNE

PERPETUATING THE WET THEME OF 1992, JUNE BECAME THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL.

THE PASSAGE OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ON JUNE 7 WAS FOLLOWED BY A WEEK-LONG SPELL OF CLOUDY AND RAINY WEATHER.

EVEN THOUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH WAS MUCH SUNNIER, THERE WERE STILL SOME LOCALISED HEAVY SHOWERS FROM TIME TO TIME.

TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH, THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF TYPHOON BROUGHT CHUCK MADE A CONTRIBUTION OF OVER 100 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN AND THE MONTHLY TOTAL TO 532.8 MILLIMETRES.

THIS WAS 42 PER CENT ABOVE THE JUNE NORMAL OF

MILLIMETRES.

376. 0

THE PERSISTENT WET ANOMALY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1992 RESULTED IN RECORD-BREAKING RAINFALL.

/THE TOTAL

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