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1. News - Hong Kong

   Weather website launched for the elderly

   Posted Dec 03rd 2012, 05:18pm by Jennifer Cheng

   ... News Hong Kong Weather Jennifer Cheng With winter’s chill setting in, the Hong Kong Observatory has launched a website tailor-made for older people, with a magnifying function for reading weather updates. The website, available in Chinese and English, is a collaborative project with the charity Senior Citizen Home Safety Association. Irene Leung Shuk-yee, the association’s chief ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1096555/weather-website-launched-elderly
2. News - Asia - NORTH KOREA

   Typhoon Bolaven makes landfall in N Korea

   Posted Aug 29th 2012, 11:01am

   ... new leader Kim Jong Un took over in December. Weather officials had warned that it would be the strongest typhoon to hit the region in several years, but its gusts in other parts of Asia ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1025231/typhoon-bolaven-makes-landfall-n-korea
3. Bad weather delays tennis quarter-finals

   Posted Dec 08th 2009, 12:00am by Alvin Sallay

   ... the weather turns bad tomorrow, too,' Hong Kong Tennis Association's chief Janet Hardisty said. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/700582/bad-weather-delays-tennis-quarter-finals
4. Yesterday 'should have been hottest'

   Posted Jul 24th 2009, 12:00am by Martin Wong

   ... of the weather. But then, they may not tell you the exact day-to-day conditions,' said Tai Sai-choi, a scientific officer with the Observatory. In urban areas, the maximum reached 32.1 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/687759/yesterday-should-have-been-hottest
5. Cold warning ends

   Posted Jan 17th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Weather Cheung Chi-fai Yesterday's slight rise in temperature brought an end to the third-longest-running cold weather warning in Hong Kong's history. The cold snap, which saw the warning in place for 185 hours and 25 minutes, resulted in more than 14,000 elderly people seeking help. The Observatory issues the cold weather warning when the minimum temperature is expected ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/667211/cold-warning-ends
6. Urban areas shiver on winter's coldest day

   Posted Jan 10th 2009, 12:00am by Fox Yi Hu

   ... to continue until the middle of next week. 'The weather in the next few days is expected to be sunny, cold and dry,' Mr Lee said, adding that temperatures could begin to rise slowly from ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/666473/urban-areas-shiver-winters-coldest-day
7. Weather - Hong Kong

   Typhoon Nuri threatens HK with direct hit

   Posted Aug 22nd 2008, 12:00am by Fiona Tam

   ... in port. Guangdong's weather bureau said Nuri could be the strongest typhoon this year. It forecast that Nuri would make landfall west of Hong Kong between Shangwei and Yangjiang ...

   http://www.scmp.com/weather/hong-kong/article/649941/typhoon-nuri-threatens-hk-direct-hit
8. PICK OF THE DAY

   Posted Aug 30th 2005, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Weather Transcendence of Time Exhibition of rare ammonites (above) from Madagascar's Cretaceous period (146-65 million years ago) and petrified wood of the Triassic period (245-208 million years ago). Today-tomorrow, 10.30am-7.30pm, Osage Gallery, 45 Caine Rd, Lower Ground Shop 1, Central. Inquiries: 2537 0688. Ends tomorrow ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/514049/pick-day
9. News - China - POLLUTION

   Strong winds blow away smog but bring sand to Beijing

   Posted May 20th 2013, 12:00am by Zhuang Pinghui

   ... 'don't go out'. Will this continue?" "What terrible weather! Strong winds with sand and fluffy poplar tree seeds. I can hardly breathe," wrote another blogger. Meanwhile, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1241465/ill-wind-blows-beijing-no-good
10. Sport - Hong Kong

    Much like the weather these days, dirt track is a lottery

    Posted May 15th 2013, 12:00am by Alan Aitken

    ... Sport Hong Kong Racing All weather track AWT Racing Alan Aitken alan.aitken@scmp.com The good news is that we appear to have only 10 more AWT races left this season - all-weather track, awful weather track or all-wet track, call it what you will. Hopefully, the weather itself can be kind and allow some maintenance on the course during that time because something is broken ...

    http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1237735/much-weather-these-days-dirt-track-lottery

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