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SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1993

TABLE 1.2 FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL MARCH 1993

TOTAL BRIGHT SUNSHINE

MEAN DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION

TOTAL RAINFALL

MEAN CLOUD AMOUNT

MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY

MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE

MEAN AIR TEMPERATURE

MEAN DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

77.3 HOURS;

19.1 HOURS BELOW NORMAL

9.48 MJ/SQM;

1.76 MJ/SQM BELOW NORMAL

49.0 MM; 17.9 MM BELOW NORMAL

+

87 % 11 % ABOVE NORMAL

·

82 %; 1 % ABOVE NORMAL

21.7 DEGREES;

0.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL

19.4 DEGREES;

0.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL

17.5 DEGREES;

1.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL

16.2 DEGREES ;

1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL

67.6 MM; 24.6 MM BELOW NORMAL

LIONS THANKED FOR NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE

FIFTY-ONE MEMBERS OF THE LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303 WERE TODAY (SATURDAY) HONOURED FOR HELPING TO SET UP THE LIONS NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE IN JSIU HANG, SAI KUNG.

BY

THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION

THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE AT A CEREMONY HELD AT A LIONS CLUB LUNCHEON MEETING.

DR LEE SAID THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTRE IN 1991 WAS THE MOST AMBITIOUS AND FRUITFUL JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE LIONS CLUBS AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.

"THE CENTRE HAS PROVIDED THE MUCH-NEEDED EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR STUDENTS. TO APPRECIATE OUR COUNTRYSIDE RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND OTHER RURAL HERITAGE.

"SINCE ITS VISITED THE PLACE.

OPENING IN JUNE 1991, OVER 600,000 PEOPLE HAVE IT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR.

/"THE AVERAGE