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Saturday, November 17, 1973
BANGKOK MEETING ON TYPHOONS
To Be Attended By Director of Royal Observatory
The Director of Royal Observatory, Mr. G.J. Bell, will be leaving
Hong Kong tomorrow (Sunday) to attend the annual session of the Typhoon
Committee to be held in Bangkok next week.
He will be accompanied by Dr. P.C. Chin, Senior Scientific Officer
of the Royal Observatory.
The meeting, to consider action to improve typhoon warning systems
in the southwest Pacific area, is a joint E.C.A.F.E. (Economic Commission
for Asia and the Far East) and W.M.O. (World Meteorological Organisation)
project.
Representatives from more than 18 countries and United Nations
agencies will be attending the meeting which begins on Monday (November 19).
The main topics to be discussed at the eight-day meeting will be
the implementation of basic observational and telecommunication facilities
in this region, exchange of meteorological information amongst member
countries and plans on joint research studies on typhoons.
Noasures on community preparedness and disaster prevention will
also be discussed.
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