Severe Tropical Storm Ma-on: Hong Kong Observatory to downgrade typhoon warning to No 3 between 9am and 11am, most schools suspended
- Afternoon primary and secondary schools as well as night schools will resume classes if the signal is lower to No 3 before 10.30am
- As Ma-on departed, local winds were expected to weaken gradually before noon
The Hong Kong Observatory will downgrade Severe Tropical Storm Ma-on to No 3 signal between 9am and 11am, leaving all morning and full-day schools suspended on Thursday.
The Education Bureau announced at 5am that classes of all morning and whole-day schools would be suspended on Thursday.
It added that if the No 8 signal was downgraded to No 3 before 10.30am, classes of afternoon primary and secondary schools, and those of evening schools would resume.
The bureau also said classes of all afternoon schools and evening schools will resume if the No 8 signal was replaced by No 1 signal or cancelled by 10.30am.
Hong Kong had largely shut down on Wednesday night, with low-lying areas put on flood alert as Severe Tropical Storm Ma-on moved to brush past the city, triggering panic buying that left supermarket shelves empty.
