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SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1994

THERE WOULD BE NO SITTINGS IN ALL HONG KONG COURTS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE DUE TO ATTEND COURTS SHOULD DO 9.30 AM ON MONDAY.

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TODAY. SO AT

THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT IMMIGRATION SERVICES HEADQURTERS, BRANCH OFFICES, REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICES AND BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE REGISTRIES HAVE BEEN TEMPORARY SUSPENDED.

IF

THE BLACK RAINSTORM WARNING IS CancelleD LATER IN THE DAY, SERVICES AT THE MARRIAGE REGISTRIES WILL BE RESUMED TWO HOURS THEREAFTER.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED THAT ALL GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS AND OTHER DAY CLINICS HAD BEEN CLOSED EXCEPT SIX METHALDONE CLINICS.

SERVICES AT ALL CHILD CARE CENTRES, DAY REHABILITATION AND ELDERLY SERVICES CENTRES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED.

THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAS OPENED 29 TEMPORARY SHELTERS AND 63 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ADMITTED SO FAR TODAY.

BETWEEN 4 AM AND 6 AM TODAY MORE THAN 100 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED OVER HONG KONG ISLAND. DURING THE PAST 36 HOURS, OVER 400 MM WERE RECORDED OVER THE TERRITORY.

THERE WERE 21 CASES OF FLOODING REPORTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8AM TODAY IN ADDITION TO THE 336 CASES RECORDED YESTERDAY, MAKING A TOTAL OF 357 CASES.

THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 63 LANDSLIPS SINCE 3 AM YESTERDAY (FRIDAY). ONLY ONE WAS RECORDED THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING AT LOWER MAU PING TSAI VILLAGE WHERE A RETAINING WALL COLLAPSED.

A NUMBER OF ROADS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY FLOODING AND CAUSING EITHER COMPLETE OR PARTIAL CLOSURE AND DIVERSION TRANSPORTS SERVICES.

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LANDSLIPS,

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ON HONG KONG ISLAND, ONE LANE AT MAGAZINE GAP ROAD JUNCTION HAS BEEN OPENED; VICTORIA ROAD NEAR GOVERNMENT KENNEL IS USED FOR LONE- LANE TWO-WAY OPERATIONS; POK FU LAM ROAD NEAR POKFIELD ROAD HAS BEEN MADE TWO WAY-TWO LANE OPERATION AND A KUNG NGAM ROAD OUTSIDE MING WAH BUILDING HAS BEEN CLOSED.

ON KOWLOON SIDE, PING CHI STREET, A SLIP ROAD OF LUNG CHEUNG ROAD OUTSIDE TVB AND HAU MAN STREET IN OI MAN ESTATE HAVE BEEN CLOSED.

IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, CASTLE PEAK ROAD NEAR GREENVIEW TERRACE AND SAI SHA ROAD NEAR KEI LING HAR ARE BOTH ON ONE-WAY TWO-LANE OPERATION. LAU FAU SHAN DEEP BAY ROAD AND KWI FUK ROAD ARE BOTH

CLOSED.

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