7.

As a member of the Parent-Teacher Association, he organised a parent-child calligraphy class to promote the relationship between schools and parents.

Mr Kan and Ms Yan were nominated for their effort to instil the idea of good customer service into their colleagues.

End

Voluntary observers' contribution to weather coverage

To many people, five minutes always slip away easily without being noticed. But to Kelvin Lee, five minutes a day means a lot to him and to the Royal Observatory (RO).

Every morning at around 9 am, come rain or shine, Kelvin goes to the lawn near his office in the Chinese University to take the temperature and humidity readings, as well as to change the recording chart on the autographic rain-gauge.

Kelvin is a technician helping in research in the Geography Department of the University and a member of a team of voluntary rainfall observers for RO.

He said: "I am not a professional weatherman, but taking weather measurements has become part of my everyday life."

Kelvin's eagerness to help. his interest in the field, and his sense of responsibility have kept him in the role as a voluntary rainfall observer for more than 10 years.

"The job is neither difficult nor time-consuming. However, one has to be meticulous and the figures have to be accurate.

"Satisfaction comes when I find myself keeping an unbroken record of data on weather and knowing that to a certain extent I have contributed to the accuracy and a wider coverage of the weather record of the territory,

"This was how in fact the wealth of centuries of meteorological records of many observatories in the world have been built up," he said.

Although Kelvin is an old hand in taking weather measurements, he has his awkward and helpless moments.

Share This Page