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MONDAY, JANUARY 18,
1993
NAMES OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL BE PUT ON A PART-TIME STAFF LIST OF THE MUSIC OFFICE AND THEIR SERVICE WILL BE CALLED UPON AS AND WHEN REQUIRED.
APPLICATION
FROMS (G.F. 340) ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES. COMPLETED FORMS TOGETHER WITH COPIES OF RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND DIPLOMAS SHOULD REACH THE MUSIC OFFICE ON 25TH FLOOR, WAN CHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI BY FEBRUARY 20.
FURTHER ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON TEL 582 5340.
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WEATHER OF DECEMBER
THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY'S REPORT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE WINTER MONSOON BECAME SOMEWHAT SUBDUED IN DECEMBER AFTER A MONTH OF ACTIVE DOMINANCE IN NOVEMBER.
THE MONTH THEREFORE TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE WARMEST DECEMBERS ON RECORD.
THERE WERE ONLY TWO MAJOR NORTHERLY SURGES DURING THE MONTH AND THE COLD SPELL IN BOTH CASES WAS RATHER SHORT.
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A RESULT, THE MONTHLY MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (17.4 DEGREES), THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE (19.2 DEGREES) AND MONTHLY MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (21.4 DEGREES) WERE RESPECTIVELY SECOND, THIRD AND 10TH HIGHEST FOR DECEMBER.
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THE MONTH WAS ALSO UNUSUALLY HUMED WITH MIST OR HAZE OCCURRING EIGHT DAYS.
FOG WAS REPORTED INSIDE THE HARBOUR ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 28, THE FIRST TIME IN DECEMBER SINCE 1955.
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THE MEAN WET BULB TEMPERATURE OF 16.7 DEGREES, MEAN DEW TEMPERATURE OF 14.9 DEGREES, AND MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 77 PER CENT RANKED THIRD, SEVENTH AND 10TH HIGHEST FOR DECEMBER RESPECTIVELY.
THE DRY SPELL WHICH STARTED IN AUGUST ENDED AS 66.4 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH.
THE MONTHLY TOTAL WAS NEARLY 2.5 TIMES THE DECEMBER NORMAL OF MILLIMETRES, WITH MOST OF THE RAIN FALLING DURING AN UNSEASONAL
27.3 SPELL OF DAMP AND WET WEATHER AFTER CHRISTMAS.
THE ANNUAL RAINFALL FOR LAST YEAR AMOUNTED ΤΟ 2,678.8 MILLIMETRES, 21 PER CENT ABOVE THE ANNUAL MEAN OF 2,214.3 MILLIMETRES.
APART FROM TRACES OF RAIN ON DECEMBER 2 7 AND 11 AND SOME MIST OR HAZE ON DECEMBER 7 AND 10, FINE AND MILD WEATHER PREVAILED FOR THE FIRST 12 DAYS OF THE MONTH.
THERE WERE THREE WEAK REPLENISHMENTS OF THE WINTER MONSOON DURING THE PERIOD AS THE EASTERLIES FRESHENED ON DECEMBER 3, 8 AND 11.
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