SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1984
MR WIGGHAM PRAISED THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL AND THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHORUS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION IN PROMOTING CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
TONIGHT'S PROGRAMME INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA, THE HONG KONG DANCE COMPANY AND THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHORUS.
ALSO ATTENDING THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GORDON JONES URBAN COUNCILLOR, MR PETER C.K. CHAN- THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR DICKEN YUNG AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ARTS FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR HUT IN-YING.
CHINA'S METEOROLOGISTS VISIT OBSERVATORY
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A FIVE-MEMBER DELEGATION OF THE CHINESE STATE METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATIONS HAS JUST COMPLETED A FIVE-DAY VISIT TO HONG KONG.
HEADED BY MR NIU XUKAI, DIRECTOR OF THE FUJIAN PROVINCIAL WEATHER BUREAU, THE DELEGATION VISITED THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY FROM NOVEMBER 26 TO 30.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION WERE: MR LI GOUWEN, DIRECTOR OF THE GUIZHOU PROVINCIAL WEATHER BUREAU- MR ZHU YUNHE, DIRECTOR OF THE YUNNAN PROVINCIAL WEATHER BUREAU- MISS LI SHUFANG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE SICHUAN PROVINCIAL WEATHER BUREAU AND MR HU SHENGLI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION WEATHER BUREAU.
THE DELEGATES VISITED ALL THE TECHNICAL AND RESEARCH SECTIONS AT THE OBSERVATORY'S HEADQUARTERS, THE AIRPORT METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE, TATE'S CAIRN WEATHER RADAR STATION AND SOME OF THE RAIN GAUGE AND SEISMOLOGICAL STATIONS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID THE DELEGATES HAD BEEN DEEPLY IMPRESSED WITH ITS FACILITIES AND HAD EXPRESSED KEEN INTEREST IN ITS METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC WORK AS WELL AS ITS SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING ASPECTS.
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