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TO PRIORITY F.C.O. TELEGRAM NUMBER 504 OF 24 JULY 1971 INFO

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

MY TELEGRAM NO. 495 NOTIFYING APPROACH OF TYPHOON LUCY (NOT TO HONGAID).

TYPHOON LUCY PASSED CLOSE TO HONG KONG ON 22ND CAUSING COMPARATIVELY LITTLE DAMAGE OR CASUALTIES. İT PROVED IN THE EVEN T TO BE MILDER THAT THE SEVERE FORECAST. THE USUAL PRECAUTIONS HAD NONETHELESS

TO BE TAKEN. THIS MEANT STOPPAGE FOR MOST OF THE DAY OF ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORT, CLOSURE OF OFFICES AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASED, AND PUBLIC BUSINESS VIRTUALLY AT A STANDSTILL.

2. DURING THE TYHOON, FIVE SHIPS BROKE ADRIFT FROM HARBOUR MOORINGS SEMICOLON THREE ROADS WERE COMPLETELY BLOCKED BY LANDSLIDES AND FALLEN TREES, AND 16 ROADS PARTLY BLOCKED SEMICOLON THERE WERE SEVERAL COLLAPSES OF BUILDERS' SCAFFOLDING. NO FATALITIES BUT SOME MINOR CASUALTIES. 50-60 PERSONS WERE EVACUATED AT TAI PO BECAUSE OF THREAT OF ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDE SEMICOLON 5 PERSONS

MADE HOMELESS SEMICOLON TWO AREAS OF FARMLAND FLOODED.

(FCO PLS PASS HK GOVT OFFICE LONDON)

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26 JUL 1971

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HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON.