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Since the issuing of typhoon signal No.8 at 10.40 pm yesterday (July 23) until its cancellation at 8.15 am today, the Regional Tree and Landscape Sections of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department have recorded a total of 83 requests for emergency assistance concerning fallen trees and trunks on roadsides pulled down or damaged by strong wind, of which 16 requests were made on Hong Kong region, 18 requests in Kowloon region and 49 requests in the New Territories region.

End/Thursday, July 24, 2003

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