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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1992

TO IDENTIFY AND SOLVE PROBLEMS;

ΤΟ

DEVELOP CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND TOLERANCE

TOWARDS OTHERS;

*

TO ENHANCE THEIR HUMANITY; AND

TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY BOTH WITHIN THEIR OWN AND ACROSS CULTURES.

COMMUNITY

"LANGUAGE

CURRICULUM CONTENTS ARE AT THE AND SHIFT OF EMPHASIS," HE SAID.

HEART

OF

THIS

ROYAL OBSERVATORY CALENDARS GO ON SALE

THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HAS PUBLISHED A CALENDAR FOR 1993 WHICH CONTAINS CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION AND DETAILS OF TIDES, SUNRISE AND SUNSET, MOONRISE AND MOONSET AND OTHER MAJOR ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE BILINGUAL CALENDAR HAD A STYLISH DESIGN AND WAS USEFUL FOR DISPLAY OR AS A SEASONAL, GIFT.

IT IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, G. .P.O. BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HEADQUARTERS, 134A NATHAN ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI, AT $54 A

COPY.

NOTING THAT THE THEME WAS

"METEOROLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER", THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT METEOROLOGY WAS A SPECIALISED SUBJECT ON AN ATMOSPHERE SHARED BY ALL HUMAN BEINGS.

"THEREFORE THERE SHOULD BE

METEOROLOGY AND WORLD WIDE EFFORTS UNDERSTAND THE ATMOSPHERE, HE SAID.

NO

ARE

NATIONAL BOUNDARIES IN REQUIRED ΤΟ MONITOR AND

INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

THE THEME SERVES TO HIGHLIGHT THE EXCHANGES THAT' FREQUENTLY TAKE PLACE AMONG DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, PLACES AND LOCATIONS.

HE POINTED OUT THAT RECENT ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY HAD ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE WEATHER PARAMETERS FROM A DISTANCE.

"LOW COST AND MINIATURISED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS HAVE HELPED

IN THE AUTOMATION OF

CONSIDERABLY OBSERVATIONS.

CONVENTIONAL

METEOROLOGICAL

"COMPUTERS HAVE BECOME MORE AND MORE POWERFUL, ENABLING THE COMPUTATION OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE, PROVIDING VALUABLE GUIDELINES TO WEATHER FORECASTERS,

TT

HE SAID.

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