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SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1983
ANALYSING THE WAYS IN WHICH THESE REQUESTS WERE MADE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE MOST POPULAR METHOD CONTINUED TO BE MAKING REPORTS AT POLICE STATIONS IN PERSON, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 67 432 CASES OR 42.5 PER CENT OF TOTAL REQUESTS.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY REQUESTS MADE BY TELEPHONE.
''DURING THE QUARTER, 43 850 REQUESTS WERE RECEIVED OVER THE TELEPHONE, 32 947 OR OVER 75 PER CENT OF WHICH WERE MADE TO THE 999 CONTROL CENTRES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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"IT IS OBVIOUS THAT MORE PEOPLE REALISE THAT THIS IS THE MOST DIRECT AND QUICKEST WAY TO GET HELP FROM THE POLICE, NOTED.
NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE UNITS AND REPORT CENTRES CONTINUED TO
24.5 PEP BE HIGHLY UTILISED WITH 35 945 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE CENT OF THE TOTAL - RECEIVED AT VARIOUS CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY DURING THE FIRST QUARTER.
IN THE SAME PERIOD, 103 REQUESTS WERE RECEIVED BY MARINE FLISE LAUNCHES ON PATROL.
MODERN APPROACH IN MONITORING SEVERE WEATHER
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STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT HAVE PROVIDED THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY WITH THE TOOLS TO DETECT AND TRACK SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEMS.
OVER THE YEARS, THE OBSERVATORY HAS INSTALLED MODERN EQUIPMENT TO PROBE THE ATMOSPHERE, AND TO GATHER, PROCESS AND STORE WEATHER INFORMATION SO THAT IT CAN NOW ISSUE TIMELY WARNINGS ON TROPICAL CYCLONES AND OTHER SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEMS.
+THE DAYS ARE GONE WHEN WE HAD TO RELY ON SPOTTY AND SCATTERED INFORMATION FOR THIS TYPE OF IMPORTANT FORECAST, MR ROBERT LAU, SENIOR SCIENTIFIC OFFICER OF THE OBSERVATORY'S METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES DIVISION, SAID.
+TODAY, WE CAN DETECT AND TRACK ANY SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM ONCE IT IS FORMED IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, AND GIVE TIMELY WARNING TO THE PUBLIC IF IT POSES ANY THREAT TO HONG KONG, + MR LAU SAID.
AMONG THE ADVANCED EQUIPMENT ACQUIRED IN RECENT YEARS IS A $1.9-MILLION GROUND STATION FOR RECEIVING AND PROCESSING AGERIES FROM JAPAN'S METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE.
THESE IMAGERIES ARE PICTURES OF TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS RECORDED BY SCANNING RADIOMETERS INSTALLED IN THE SATELLITE. THE PICTURES ARE TRANSMITTED VIA MICROWAVE BACK TO THE EARTH STATIONS.
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