The Education Bureau announced that as the No. 3 Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal is now in force, classes in kindergartens, schools for children with physical disabilities and schools for children with intellectual disabilities will be suspended today.
In addition, the Social Welfare Department advises the public not to send their children or family members to child care centres, centres providing after-school care services, elderly service centres or daytime centres including sheltered workshops, integrated vocational rehabilitation service centres, integrated vocational training centres and development centres Rehabilitation service units, but centers will remain open to those in need during their normal office hours.
Citizens who need to send their children or family members to the center or service unit can contact the center or service unit first.
At 5:00 a.m., Severe Tropical Storm Neg gathered about 460 kilometers south-southeast of Hong Kong, that is, around 18.6 degrees north latitude and 116.2 degrees east longitude. It is expected to move north-northwestward at a speed of about 10 kilometers per hour, crossing the northern part of the South China Sea.
The Observatory expects the No. 3 strong wind signal to remain at least until 12:00 noon today (November 1).
According to the current forecast, Niger will be quite close to the Pearl River Estuary from late Wednesday (November 2) to the beginning of Thursday (November 3), and its intensity will gradually weaken, but the distance to the Pearl River Estuary and its weakening speed are still There are considerable variables.
The Observatory will closely monitor its movements and developments to assess whether a higher tropical cyclone warning signal is required.
(Observatory website)
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