SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1994
ΤΟ "THE WARNING SYSTEMS INVOLVE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, AND NEED BE SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR INDIVIDUAL AIRPORTS IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT
+ HE SAID. OF FACTORS SUCH AS THE LOCATION, TOPOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE,
FOR
KONG PAST.
THE STUDIES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE U.S. NATIONAL CENTRE ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (NCAR) AND THE AIRCRAFT IT IS USING IN HONG HAS FLOWN MANY SUCH DATA-COLLECTION MISSIONS IN AMERICA IN THE IT IS EQUIPPED WITH INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE WIND, TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY AND PRESSURE.
AUTOMATIC AS OTHER
SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS WILL BE MADE BY RADAR AND WEATHER STATIONS OPERATED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AS WELL EQUIPMENT SET UP ON LANTAU ISLAND AND OTHER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY.
ON DATA WILL ALSO BE COLLECTED BY A LASER RADAR SYSTEM SET UP
OF SCIENCE AND LAP KOK BY NCAR AND THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY.
CHEK
THE UNIVERSITY'S
INCLUDES PROVIDING WORK
ANALYSIS OF DATA AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROGRAMMES FOR LOCAL NEEDS.
SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER
OF
THE CONSULTANCY WAS COMMISSIONED IN OCTOBER 1993 AT A COST $118 MILLION FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF FUNDS BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 1997.
THE
AND
DESIGN REQUIRED AND
METEOROLOGICAL DATA, IN ADDITION TO COLLECTING THE NECESSARY THE CONSULTANTS WILL CARRY OUT SCIENTIFIC STUDIES LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPERATIONAL WINDSHEAR WARNING SYSTEM, PRODUCE THE SOFTWARE, ADVISE ON THE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT TRAIN PERSONNEL OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND AIR TRAFFIC
IN THE APPLICATION, OF THE
AVIATION DEPARTMENT CIVIL MAINTENANCE AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM.
CONTROLLERS OPERATION,
0
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SPECIAL STAMPS MARK POLICE 150TH ANNIVERSARY
COMMEMORATE ACTING
A SET OF SPECIAL STAMPS WILL BE ISSUED ON MAY 4 TO THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MISS NANCY LAW, ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY).
$1.20, $1.90,
THERE
WILL BE SIX DENOMINATIONS: $1,
$2,
$2.40
AND $5.
THE STAMPS ENSCHEDE OF HOLLAND.
ARE DESIGNED
BY MR KEN LI
AND PRINTED
BY JOH
WELL
POLICE AS THE
FOREGROUND OF THE
THE STAMPS SEPARATELY FEATURES OFFICERS IN UNIFORMS OF 1900, PRE-1920, CIRCA 1950 AS PRESENT.
POLICE MARINE
BACKGROUND THE
OF THE STAMPS ILLUSTRATES HISTORICAL BUILDINGS, OLD STANLEY POLICE STATION, CENTRAL POLICE STATION, POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND OLD PING SHAN POLICE STATION AS WELL MODERN POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND POLICE TACTICAL UNIT HEADQUARTERS.
AS THE
/FOR ADVANCE