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FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1994

IN

ABOUT 100 HECTARES OF FRESHWATER FISH FARMS, MOSTLY LONG AND NORTH DISTRICT, WERE ALSO AFFECTED WITH AN ESTIMATED LOSS ABOUT $3.5 MILLION.

THE RAIN-AFFECTED

ROAD SURFACE ALSO

CAUSED TROUBLES MOTORISTS IN THE TERRITORY. THERE WERE ABOUT 50 LOCATIONS, MOSTLY THE NEW TERRITORIES, NEEDED TO BE COMPLETELY OR PARTIAL CLOSED DUE FLOODING AND LANDSLIP.

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BUS SERVICES IN MANY NEW TERRITORIES AREAS WERE DISRUPTED DUE TO FLOODING.

LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SERVICES BETWEEN TONG FONG AND TERMINUS HAD BEEN TEMPORARILY DISRUPTED.

YUEN LONG

NEAR

ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE UPHILL LANE OF MAGAZINE GAP ROAD

OF LANDSLIP. MAY ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BECAUSE

FOR ONE-LANE MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED THAT THE REMAINING LANE IS USED TWO-WAY OPERATION.

A 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, LEE WAI-KWAN, DIED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN

TUEN MUN NEAR TAI HING ESTATE WHERE THE TAXI SHE BOARDED CRASHED A SLOPE AT 1.35 AM.

INTO

AND CONVEYED DURING THE RAINSTORM, FIREMEN RESCUED 51 PEOPLE ANOTHER 16 PEOPLE TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF MINOR INJURIES.

FLOODING ALSO CAUSED TWO CASES OF WATER SUSPENSION, ONE IN KWAI CHUNG AND THE

SUPPLIES OTHER IN YUEN LONG.

DEPARTMENT THE WATER EXPECTS SERVICE TO BE RESUMED LATER THIS EVENING.

DELAYED FLIGHTS FROM BEIJING

AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE DELUGE HAS DEPARTURE FLIGHTS, NINE IN-COMING FLIGHTS, DIVERTED SEVEN OTHER DESTINATIONS AND CANCELLED ONE INBOUND FLIGHT BETWEEN 6.30 AM AND 5 PM.

15 TO

SCHOOLS ARE REHABILITATION

BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAIN, ALL KINDERGARTENS AND

TODAY. CLOSED

HOWEVER, ALL CHILD CARE

DAY CENTRES, CENTRES OR ELDERLY SERVICES REMAIN OPEN. PARENTS OR FAMILY MEMBERS CAN

THE

RETURN CENTRES TO ARRANGE FOR THE SAFE ALSO CONTACT CHILDREN, DISABLED OR ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS IF NECESSARY.

OF THEIR

AT 5 PM, THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAS OPENED 29 TEMPORARY SHELTERS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION. A TOTAL OF 88 PEOPLE WERE ADMITTED WITH 33 OF THEM STAYING IN IN YUEN LONG, 31 IN NORTH DISTRICT AND 24 IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

SHELTERS

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