WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2,- - 1991
THE PEM IS AN ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT INVOLVING AN
OF INTERNATIONAL TEAM
MORE THAN 70 SCIENTISTS AND EMPLOYING A SPECIALLY EQUIPPED DC-8 AIRCRAFT FROM THE NATIJNAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) OF USA.
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IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENT WITH IMPORTANT GROUND-BASED OR AIRCRAFT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MOST PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES. IT IS OF THE GLOBAL TROPOSPHERIC EXPERIMENT (GTE) WHICH HAS BEEN CONDUCTING AIRBORNE SCIENCE MISSIONS SINCE THE EARLY 80'S.
THE FIELD EXPERIMENT OVER THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION, PEM-WEST, BEGAN WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THE DC-8 AIRCRAFT FROM ITS BASE CALIFORNIA ON SEPTEMBER 16.
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THE MISSION HAD GONE THROUGH JAPAN (SEPTEMBER 17-30). THE NEXT STOP AFTER HONG KONG IS GUAM (OCTOBER 9-17). IT WILL CONTINUE TO WAKE ISLAND AND HONOLULU BEFORE RETURNING TO CALIFORNIA.
PREPARATION FOR PEM-WEST IN HONG KONG FIRST BEGAN IN MAY 10-11, 1989 WHEN AN INTERNATIONAL PLANNING MEETING WAS CONVENED AT THE
OF UNIVERSITY
HONG KONG UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF
POON CHUNG-KWONG, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
PROFESSOR
FOLLOWING THE AGREED PLAN, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HONG KONG WILL PROVIDE ALL THE NECESSARY METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR THE PLANNING AND OPERATION OF THE DC-8 FLIGHTS DURING THE WEEK-LONG EXPERIMENT, AND THE
AVIATION DEPARTMENT WILL FACILITATE CIVIL
THE OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT IN AND OUT OF HONG KONG.
DATA COLLECTED BY THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TERTIARY INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH AND
SCIENTISTS STUDIES IN THE FIELD OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES.
KONG POLYTECHNIC
AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE EXPERIMENT, THE HONG WILL CONDUCT A SERIES OF CHEMICAL ANALYSIS UNDER A SPECIAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMME.
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TRADE DEPT ON MEXICAN GOVT'S IMPOSITION OF ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES
THE TRADE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAD ANNOUNCED IN A FINAL RESOLUTION IMPOSITION OF ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES OF US$1 PER KILOGRAMME ON IMPORTS OF DENIM (CONTAINING 85 PER CENT OR MORE OF COTTON) FROM HONG KONG WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
THE FINAL RESOLUTION, HOWEVER, SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTS FROM THE ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES 15 HONG KONG COMPANIES, ALL OF WHICH HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES.
THE ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING WAS INITIATED BY THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ON MAY 31 LAST YEAR.
/AN ASSISTANT