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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
1 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 : 0.5
Intensity of UV radiation : low Localised Heavy Rain Advisory: Rain is particularly heavy in Yuen Long District and Tsuen Wan District which may cause serious flooding. In particular, severe rainstorm is affecting Yuen Long District with more than 100 millimetres of hourly rainfall fallen or expected to fall; heavy rain is affecting Tsuen Wan District with more than 70 millimetres of hourly rainfall fallen or expected to fall. According to the present forecast, Wipha will enter within 800 kilometres of Hong Kong tonight to early tomorrow (19 July). 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 and the coast of western Guangdong afterwards. Under the influence of its outer subsiding air, the weather will still be very hot in Hong Kong at first tomorrow. Winds will strengthen gradually later tomorrow. The weather will worsen with heavy squally showers and thunderstorms on Sunday. 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. The Observatory will consider issuing the Strong Wind Signal, No. 3 during the day tomorrow.
Wipha will be closest to the vicinity of the Pearl River Estuary on Sunday. The Observatory will assess the need of issuing higher tropical cyclone warning signals at that time depending on Wipha’s distance to the Pearl River Estuary, its intensity and the change in local winds. Members of the public should pay close attention to the latest weather information from the Observatory. Though rainstorm warning has been cancelled, people should stay alert to the danger that may be brought about by river flooding. Please be reminded that:The Thunderstorm Warning has been issued. It will remain effective until 3:00 p.m. today. Squally 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 Hang27 degrees ;
Ta Kwu Ling25 degrees ;
Lau Fau Shan25 degrees ;
Tai Po25 degrees ;
Sha Tin26 degrees ;
Tuen Mun26 degrees ;
Tseung Kwan O25 degrees ;
Sai Kung26 degrees ;
Cheung Chau26 degrees ;
Chek Lap Kok27 degrees ;
Tsing Yi26 degrees ;
Shek Kong25 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon24 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley25 degrees ;
Hong Kong Park25 degrees ;
Shau Kei Wan26 degrees ;
Kowloon City26 degrees ;
Happy Valley26 degrees ;
Wong Tai Sin26 degrees ;
Stanley28 degrees ;
Kwun Tong26 degrees ;
Sham Shui Po25 degrees ;
Kai Tak Runway Park27 degrees ;
Yuen Long Park26 degrees ;
Tai Mei Tuk25 degrees .
Between 11:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., lightning was detected over all regions. The rainfall recorded in various regions were:
North District6 to 43 mm;
Wan Chai6 to 24 mm;
Kwun Tong5 to 8 mm;
Sha Tin5 to 26 mm;
Sham Shui Po5 to 13 mm;
Tai Po4 to 23 mm;
Central & Western District4 to 19 mm;
Kowloon City4 to 17 mm;
Yau Tsim Mong3 to 13 mm;
Kwai Tsing2 to 7 mm;
Tuen Mun2 to 13 mm;
Wong Tai Sin13 to 17 mm;
Yuen Long1 to 8 mm;
Tsuen Wan1 to 6 mm;
Islands District0 to 6 mm;
Southern District0 to 6 mm;
Sai Kung0 to 28 mm;
Eastern District0 to 2 mm.
Here is the information on Tropical Storm Wipha at noon:
Location: 18.0 degrees north, 123.3 degrees east.
Communicable Diseases Watch Volume 21, Number 6, Weeks 22 - 25 (May 25 – June 21, 2025)
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