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THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1994

IN ADDITION, ALL APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST THREE RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG.

YEARS'

JOCKEY

CULTURE HONG

APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE HONG KONG CLUB MUSIC FUND SECRETARIAT, CULTURE DIVISION, RECREATION AND BRANCH, 40TH FLOOR, REVENUE TOWER, 5 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WAN CHAI, KONG.

COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB MUSIC FUND SECRETARIAT BY FEBRUARY 15.

FURTHER DETAILS MAY BE OBTAINED ON TEL 594 5620 OR 594 5628.

COOL AND CLOUDY IN DECEMBER

LAST DECEMBER WAS SLIGHTLY COOLER AND CLOUDIER THAN NORMAL, MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAYS.

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APART FROM A HUMID SPELL FARLY IN THE MONTH, IT WAS RATHER DRY. BELOW THE THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 15.7 MILLIMETRES WAS 42 PER CENT DECEMBER NORMAL OF 27.3 MILLIMETRES.

THE WINTER MONSOON WAS GENERALLY ACTIVE BUT BECAME MORE SUBDUED HUMIDITY COLD MORNINGS AND DAYS OF LOW TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH. BEFORE CHRISTMAS WERE FOLLOWED BY NOTICEABLY MILDER WEATHER DURING THE WEEK LEADING UP TO THE NEW YEAR.

THE MONTH BEGAN WITH RELATIVELY MILD AND CONDITIONS. THE WEATHER WAS MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT

DECEMBER

MIST PATCHES WERE REPORTED 1 AND 2. MORNINGS AND EVENINGS.

ON

UNSEASONABLY HUMID RAIN OFFSHORE IN THE

3.

DECEMBER

TEMPERATURES

BEFORE

AS THE CLOUDS AND MIST CLEARED ON CLIMBED TO THE MONTIE'S MAXIMUM OF 25.3 DEGREES DURING THE DAY THE ARRIVAL OF A SURGE OF THE WINTER MONSOON TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.

WINDS

AS NORTHERLY DROPPED PROGRESSIVELY FROM DEGREES IN FIVE DAYS.

THE

FRESHENED AND DECEMBER 3 TO 7, A FALL OF MORE

PERSISTED,

TEMPERATURES THAN 11

WEATHER REMAINED FINE AND SUNNY AS DRIER PREVAILED. WINDS TURNED EASTERLY ON THE NIGHT OF BECAME OCCASIONALLY STRONG OFFSHORE.

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CONTINENTAL AIR DECEMBER 7 AND

ARRIVED EARLY ON ΤΟ

OF THE WINTER MONSOON REPLENISHMENT DECEMBER 10, WINDS TURNED NORTHERLY THAT DAY BEFORE REVERTING BACK

DESPITE THE CLOUDIER WEATHER, EASTERLY AGAIN THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THERE WERE STILL SUNNY PERIODS DURING THE DAY ON DECEMBER 10 AND 11.

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