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Appendix 38

(Chapter 19: Recreation and the Arts)

Recreational Facilities Provided by the Urban Council

and the New Territories Services Department

Facilities

Children's playgrounds

Parks and gardens

Grass games pitches

Hard-surface mini-soccer pitches

Basketball/volleyball/badminton courts

Tennis courts

Running tracks

1982

1983

1984

225

244

249

513

583

455

47

51

37

120

127

130

275

292

294

82

107

109

14

40

17

Beaches

41

41

41

Swimming pool complexes

14

14

17

Multi-purpose indoor games halls

8

10

11

Obstacle golf course, squash courts, practice tennis court, bowling and putting

greens, roller-skating rinks, table tennis tables

109

115

114

Aviaries and mammal exhibits, concrete chess tables, model boat pools,

open-air theatre

230

290

296

Bandstand, barbecue pits, composite beach buildings, changing rooms,

fountains, dog's gardens, refreshment kiosks, public toilets, public libraries, pavillions/shelters, spectator stands

Total area of public open space administered (hectares)

1 447

644

2 033

681

1 662

691

Month

Mean

pressure at mean sea level

Appendix 39

(Chapter 20: The Environment) Climatological Summary, 1984

Maxi-

mum air tem-

Mini-

Mean air tem-

mum air tem-

Mean

Mean

dew

relative

perature

perature

perature

point humidity

Mean amount of cloud

Total bright

sunshine

Total rainfall

Prevailing wind

Mean

wind

direction

speed

hectopascals

°C

°C

°C

°C

per cent

per cent

hours

mm

degrees

m/s

January February

March

April

1 020.1

22.9

14.1

8.0

7.4

1 018.9

24.8

14.5

7.0

10.1

-

1 015.9

27.5

18.0

10.8

14.2

1 011.7

26.7

21.4

17.0

19.0

May

1 009.1

30.0

24.6

17.9

21.5

June

1 004.3

32.9

27.9

23.3

25.2

July

1 006.3

33.8

29.0

23.8

24.6

August

1 001.9

34.4

28.2

23.0

24.6

September

1 010.6

32.0

27.3

23.4

23.7

81

October

1 013.9

31.5

25.3

20.4

19.8

November

1017.8

28.0

22.3

15.2

16.4

December

1 019.4

25.1

17.0

7.7

10.8

Mean

1 012.5

22.5

Total

1 1

18.1

800000===FFI

66

61

138.0

3.5

010

6.7

76

87

53.6

2.7

060

7.2

91

52.4

13.6

060

6.7

87

94

38.6

215.0

070

6.9

83

81

116.7

468.2

080

6.3

86

77

169.0

445.7

110

5.7

78

60

301.4

125.9

230

6.5

81

75

162.7

348.8

090

6.2

66

173.8

211.3

090

6.1

72

55

196.9

167.1

090

6.9

71

48

186.9

4.5

080

6.7

68

68

111.9

10.7

010

7.3

77

72

080

6.6

1 701.9

2017.0

Climatological Normals

(1951-1980)

Month

hectopascals

*C*

°C

°C*

ос

per cent

per cent

January

1 020.1

26.9

15.6

0.0

9.8

February

1 018.6

27.8

15.9

2.4

11.7

March

1 016.2

30.1

18.5

6.2

15.0

April

1 013.1

33.4

22.1

9.9

18.9

May

1 009.1

35.5

25.9

15.4

22.7

June

1 006.2

35.6

27.7

19.2

24.5

July

1 005.4

35.7

28.6

22.2

25.0

August

1 005.2

36.1

28.2

21.6

24.8

September

1 008.5

35.2

27.5

18.4

23.2

October

1 014.0

34.3

25.0

13.5

19.3

November

1 017.6

31.8

21.3

6.5

14.9

December

1 019.8

28.7

17.7

4.3

11.4

Mean

1 012.8

22.8

18.4

Total

FR****♡ANOOR |

71

78

82

83

83

84

81

83

79

72

69

69

§ AFRPPPYBIAN

hours

mm

degreet

m/st

59

153.5

26.9

070

6.6

71

108.7

41.9

070

6.4

76

101.4

54.8

070

6.0

76

120.2

139.4

080

5.4

73

162.6

298.1

090

5.2

75

159.2

431.8

090

5.8

66

230.9

316.8

230

5.3

66

206.0

413.4

090

62

188.5

320.4

090

52

209.9

121.2

090

52

191.5

34.7

080

52

179.3

25.3

080

78

65

080

2011.6

2 224.7

GORRO CI

5.1

6.0

7.2

7.4

6.9

6.1

Note: 1 hectopascal = 1 millibar.

1 m/s 1.94 knots.

* These extreme values are for the period 1884–1939; 1947–1984.

† These normal values are for 1953-1982.

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