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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1994

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EXTENSIVE HOUSEHOLD VISITS TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION

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KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICE HAS DEPLOYED MORE THAN TEMPORARY COMMUNITY ORGANISERS TO CONDUCT EXTENSIVE HOUSEHOLD VISITS TO SECURE AS MANY NEW NAMES AS POSSIBLE FOR THE ELECTORAL ROLL, THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ANDREW WELLS, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT A VOTER REGISTRATION CARNIVAL, HE SAID THERE WAS NO FEWER THAN 26,000 ADDITIONAL YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER IN THE DISTRICT FOLLOWING THE LOWERING OF THE VOTING AGE FROM 21 TO 18.

"I REGARD IT AS OUR TOP PRIORITY TO DEMONSTRATE TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND TO LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD, HE SAID.

THE CARNIVAL FEATURED PERFORMANCE BY POPULAR SINGERS. DRAMA, QUIZ AND CARTOON FIGURES.

APRIL WARM AND DRY

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LAST MONTH WAS THE WARMEST AND DRIEST APRIL SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1884, A MONTHLY WEATHER REPORT COMPILED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

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THE ABSENCE OF SIGNIFICANT LATE-SEASON TERRITORY WAS DOMINATED BY A RELATIVELY WARM SOUTH то AIRSTREAM, PARTICULARLY IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH.

COLD SURGES, THE SOUTHWESTERLY

THE MEAN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 24.7 DEGREES. THE MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURF OF 27.5 DEGREES AND THE MRAN DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 22.8 DEGREES WERE ALL THE HIGHEST VALUES FOR APRIL ON RECORD.

THE MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 6.0 MILLIMETRES, THE LOWEST FOR WAS MUCH LESS THAN THE APRIL NORMAL OF 161.5 MILLIMETRES.

APRIL.

RAINFALL IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1994 AMOUNTED TO 83.0 MILLIMETRES, 72 PER CENT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 299.8 MILLIMETRES FOR THE

PERIOD.

FINE AND SUNNY WEATHER PREVALLED FOR THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF THE MONTE. A LIGHT AND HUMID SOUTHEASTERLY AIRSTREAM DOMINATED THE PERIOD WITH OVERNIGHT AND MORNING COASTAL MIST THAT DISPERSED IN THE DAY.

THE ARRIVAL OF EASTERLY WINDS BROUGHT CLOUDY SKIES ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 8.

RAIN DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY MORNING OF APRIL 9 AS WINDS FRESHENED. EASTERLIES PERSISTED ON APRIL 9 AND 10 AND THE WEATHER STAYED CLOUDY WITH DRIZZLE. MISTY CONDITIONS RETURNED AS EASTERLIES MODERATED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OF 10 APRIL.

/A MAINLAND