THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,
1985
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SIR DAVID SEES WEATHER MEN AT WORK
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PLANS FOR THE AUTOMATION OF WEATHER CHART PLOTTING AND LOCAL DISSEMINATION OF WEATHER INFORMATION WERE EXPLAINED THIS AFTERNOON TO THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES.
IN HIS VISIT TO THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HEADQUARTERS IN NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON, SIR DAVID ALSO LEARNED ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE OBSERVATORY IN THE EXCHANGE OF WEATHER DATA OVER THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CIRCUITS, AND SAW THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR RECEIVING AND DESPATCHING WEATHER INFORMATION.
IN THE CENTRAL FORECASTING OFFICE, SIR DAVID, ACCOMPANIED IN THE VISIT BY THE OBSERVATORY DIRECTOR, MR PATRICK SHAM, SAW FORECASTERS AND SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANTS AT WORK, AND OBSERVED HOW LOCAL METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION AND WEATHER DATA FROM OTHER CENTRES ARE COLLATED.
IT WAS IN THE OBSERVATORY'S COMPUTER DIVISION THAT SIR DAVID HEARD ABOUT PLANS FOR AUTOMATION OF WEATHER CHART PLOTTING AND LOCAL DISSEMINATION OF WEATHER INFORMATION, THIS SECTION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACQUISITION, ANALYSIS, PROCESSING AND ARCHIVAL OF METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION FOR WEATHER FORECASTING AND RESEARCH.
SIR DAVID LATER WENT ON TO SEE THE RESEARCH AND RECORDS DIVISION, THE AIR POLLUTION METEOROLOGY RESEARCH UNIT, THE SPECIAL PROJECTS DIVISION, THE SEISMOLOGY, ASTRONOMY AND TIME SERVICE SECTION, AND THE METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT SECTION. AT THE SPECIAL PROJECTS DIVISION, SIR DAVID LEARNED ABOUT THE RECENT INSTALLATION OF A SOLAR-POWERED AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION AT HUANGMAO ZHOU, IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
CONCLUDING HIS VISIT, SIR DAVID WENT TO SEE THE RADIATION MONITORING DIVISION, AND THEN THE EXHIBITION ROOM, WHICH WAS SPECIALLY SET UP TO EXPLAIN THE MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE OBSERVATORY TO STUDENTS.
SIR JOHN VISITS TWO MORE FACTORIES
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED AN ELECTRONICS FACTORY AND AN OPTICAL FACTORY IN KOWLOON, AS PART OF HIS WEEKLY PROGRAMME OF FACTORY VISITS TO FAMILIARISE HIMSELF WITH LOCAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
SIR JOHN, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR P.E. JOHNSON, ARRIVED AT DATA GENERAL HONG KONG LIMITED AT MAN YUE STREET, HUNG HOM, AND WAS WELCOMED BY THE VICE-PRESIDENT, MR HOWARD HAYTHORNTHWAI TÉ.
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