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Tuesday, November 14, 1972

WEATHER EXPERTS ATTEND ECAFE CONFERENCE

The Director of the Royal Observatory, Mr. G.J. Bell, and the

Senior Scientific Officer, Dr. P.C. Chin, left today for Bangkok to attend

the 5th Session of the ECAFE World Meteorological Organisation Typhoon

Committee.

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The six-day session which begins tomorrow will be attended by

meteorological and hydrological experts from many countries including

Australia, Germany, the United States and the Soviet Union.

Among the important items to be discussed will be disaster

planning and community preparedness. It is probable the delegates from

the Philippinee and America will outline their plans for modifying typhoons

during the 1973 session.

The Committee will also study the existing deficiencies, in the

warning of tropical cyclones and consider steps to accelerate the provision of basic meteorological and telecommunication facilities for the dissemination

of information in some countries in the region.

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