TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1984
GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR PEKING
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, LEFT FOR PEKING THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON TO CONTINUE TO TAKE PART IN THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
HE WAS SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROGER LOBO, AND THE VICE CHIEF EDITOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR TAN GAN,
ACCOMPANYING THE GOVERNOR WERE THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR ROBIN MCLAREN, AND THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF INTERPRETER, MR Y.P. CHENG.
AGREEMENT ON JOINT-VENTURE WEATHER STATION SIGNED
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THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND THE GUANGDONG METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU HAVE JUST SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO SET UP A JOINT-VENTURE AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION ON HUANGMAO ZHOU OFF THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY ABOUT 70 KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF ZHUHAI.
ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT, THE GUANGDONG BUREAU WILL PROVIDE THE SITE AND ALL CIVIL WORKS FOR THE STATION.
THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY WILL PROVIDE THE METEOROLOGICAL SENSORS, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A MICROPROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEM AND DEVELOP THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE. THESE FACILITIES WILL BE USED TO ACQUIRE AND PROCESS METEOROLOGICAL DATA AT THE SITE AND TO TRANSMIT THEM BACK TO THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
AS THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY ON THE UNINHABITED ISLAND, THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE POWERED BY SOLAR ENERGY.
THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED IN GUANGZHOU AT THE END OF A TWO- DAY VISIT BY A THREE-MAN DELEGATION OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY FROM FEBRUARY 15 TO 17. THE DELEGATION COMPRISED THE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR JOHN PEACOCK, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MR PETER LI, AND THE SENIOR SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, MR YEUNG KAI HING.
DURING THE VISIT, THEY HELD TALKS WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE GUANGDONG METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU, MR XIE GUOTAO, AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR CHANG YLANGSONG ABOUT THE STATION PROJECT.
THE IDEA FOR AN OFFSHORE AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION WAS CONCEIVED SOME YEARS AGO BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND WAS LATER PROPOSED TO THE CHINESE METEOROLOGICAL AUTHORITIES AS A POSSIBLE JOINT VENTURE.
'THE IDEA