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Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung, leading 75 members of the Security Bureau Youth Uniformed Group Leaders Forum – along with others from its partners, Shenzhen University and the youth groups of Macau's public security forces – today continued on a six-day study tour of Jiangsu. This morning in Nanjing, they visited Dr Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum and the Nanjing Yunjin Brocade Museum. In the afternoon, Mr Tang led the group on a visit to the “Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders”, where they paid their respects to the victims by participating in a worship ceremony. In the evening, Mr Tang and the group met CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee Standing Committee Member and CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee Political & Legal Commission Secretary Li Yaoguang. Mr Tang thanked provincial and municipal leaders for their strong support for the Security Bureau Youth Uniformed Group Leaders Forum and the work done to make arrangements for the visit. He said members had been able to experience Jiangsu’s profound historical and cultural heritage, understand the country’s development from ancient times to the present, and enhance their national identity. Led by Under Secretary for Security Michael Cheuk, the group have also visited other notable sites – including Niushou Mountain, Jinling small town, the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Nanjing Museum – as part of the study tour. Yesterday they also attended a thematic seminar at Nanjing University to deepen their understanding of the country’s foreign policies. Over the next three days, the study group will visit the Nanjing Public Security Bureau’s Qilihe special police training base and the Nanjing Treaty Historical Materials Exhibition Hall. They will then depart for Wuxi, where they will call on the city’s leaders. In addition to seeing historical landmarks in Wuxi, members will visit the National Supercomputing Center and key enterprises to gain insights into China’s high-tech advancements and development. Mr Tang will return to Hong Kong on Sunday.
At
4 p.m.
at the Hong Kong Observatory :
Air temperature : 27 degrees Celsius
Relative Humidity : 89 per cent
During the past hour
the mean UV Index recorded at King's Park : 0.2
Intensity of UV radiation : low According to the present forecast, Wipha will enter within 800 kilometres of Hong Kong around midnight tonight. The Observatory will issue the Standby Signal, No. 1 by then. Wipha is expected to intensify progressively and edge closer to the vicinity of the Pearl River Estuary tomorrow and on Sunday (19 and 20 July). Winds will strengthen gradually later tomorrow. Showers will be heavy with squally thunderstorms. The Observatory will consider issuing the Strong Wind Signal, No. 3 during the day tomorrow.
Wipha will be rather close to the vicinity of the Pearl River Estuary on Sunday (20 July), and expected to skirt around 50 kilometers from Hong Kong. The weather will be adverse on Sunday with heavy squally showers and thunderstorms. Seas will be very rough with swells. Members of the public are advised to stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports.
Depending on the distance between Wipha and the Pearl River Estuary, the intensity of Wipha and the change in local winds, the Observatory will assess the need of issuing higher tropical cyclone warning signals at first on Sunday. Members of the public should pay close attention to the latest weather information from the Observatory. Please be reminded that:The Thunderstorm Warning has been issued. It will remain effective until 5:00 p.m. today. A few thunderstorms are expected to occur over Hong Kong.The Special Announcement of Flooding in Northern New Territories has been issued. The air temperatures at other places were:
Hong Kong Observatory27 degrees ;
King's Park26 degrees ;
Wong Chuk Hang26 degrees ;
Ta Kwu Ling26 degrees ;
Lau Fau Shan25 degrees ;
Tai Po26 degrees ;
Sha Tin27 degrees ;
Tuen Mun25 degrees ;
Tseung Kwan O26 degrees ;
Sai Kung27 degrees ;
Cheung Chau25 degrees ;
Chek Lap Kok28 degrees ;
Tsing Yi26 degrees ;
Shek Kong25 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon25 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley25 degrees ;
Hong Kong Park25 degrees ;
Shau Kei Wan26 degrees ;
Kowloon City26 degrees ;
Happy Valley27 degrees ;
Wong Tai Sin26 degrees ;
Stanley26 degrees ;
Kwun Tong26 degrees ;
Sham Shui Po26 degrees ;
Kai Tak Runway Park27 degrees ;
Yuen Long Park25 degrees ;
Tai Mei Tuk26 degrees .
Between 2:45 and 3:45 p.m., lightning was detected within Lantau, Hong Kong and Kowloon. The rainfall recorded in various regions were:
Central & Western District1 to 2 mm;
Tsuen Wan1 to 2 mm;
Wan Chai1 to 2 mm;
Eastern District1 mm;
Kowloon City1 mm;
Kwai Tsing1 mm;
Kwun Tong1 mm;
Sha Tin1 mm;
Sham Shui Po1 mm;
Tuen Mun1 mm;
Wong Tai Sin1 mm;
Yau Tsim Mong1 mm;
Islands District0 to 3 mm;
Tai Po0 to 2 mm;
North District0 to 1 mm;
Sai Kung0 to 1 mm;
Southern District0 to 1 mm;
Yuen Long0 to 1 mm.
Here is the information on Tropical Storm Wipha at 4 p.m.:
Location: 18.7 degrees north, 122.5 degrees east; Maximum sustained wind near its centre: 65 km/h.
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