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MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1992

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CLINIC SERVICE

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EIGHT GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS WILL REMAIN OPEN BETWEEN 9 AM TO 1 PM ON DECEMBER 26, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED (MONDAY).

TODAY

JOCKEY

HEALTH

THEY ARE THE VIOLET PEEL HEALTH CENTRE AND SHAU KEI WAN CLUB CLINIC ON HONG KONG ISLAND; THE KWUN TONG JOCKEY CLUB CENTRE, ROBERT BLACK HEALTH CENTRE AND YAU MA TEI JOCKEY IN KOWLOON; THE LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC, SHEK WU HUI CLINIC AND YUEN LONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE WILL BE NO HOLIDAY CLINIC CHRISTMAS DAY (DECEMBER 25).

CLUB CLINIC JOCKEY CLUB

SERVICE ON

SUN ECLIPSE ON CHRISTMAS EVE

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN WOULD OCCUR ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 24).

THE ECLIPSE WILL BEGIN BEFORE SUNRISE IN HONG KONG AND END AT 7.07 AM.

"AS ONLY 0.1 PER CENT OF THE SUN WILL BE ECLIPSED,

IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS TO OBSERVE THE EVENT, HE SAID.

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DETAILS OF THE EVENT ARE:

MAGNITUDE OF THE ECLIPSE: 0.001, THAT IS, 0.1 PER CENT OF THE SUN'S DIAMETER WILL BE OBSCURED BY THE MOON AT THE TIME OF MAXIMUM ECLIPSE;

HONG HONG

TIME

AZIMUTH DIRECTION

SUNRISE

0700

MAXIMUM ECLIPSE

0705

[ EAST-SOUTHEAST

ECLIPSE ENDS

0707

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OF

THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED RESIDENTS NOT TO SEE THE SUN DIRECTLY WITHOUT FULL PROTECTIVE MEASURES BECAUSE OF THE BLINDING INTENSITY ITS RAYS.

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