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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1994

GIVEN

ACTING GOVERNOR SEES WEATHER FORECASTERS AT WORK

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAW HOW DURING HER VISIT WARNINGS ADVANCE WEATHER

OBSERVATORY TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE PUBLIC IS ΤΟ THE ROYAL

BRIEFED ON THE INCLUDING MODERN WELL AS

AT THE CENTRAL FORECASTING OFFICE, SHE WAS LATEST EQUIPMENT USED FOR WEATHER FORECASTING, DISPLAYS SHOWING RADAR PICTURES OF RAIN AROUND HONG KONG AS SATELLITE IMAGES OF CLOUDS AND TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE REGION.

ELECTRONIC RAINGAUGE MRS CHAN TOOK A SPECIAL INTEREST IN THE

AND FOR NETWORK USED FOR ISSUING THE RED OR BLACK RAINSTORM WARNINGS ASSESSING THE RISKS OF FLOODS AND LANDSLIPS.

THE SHOWN

FACILITIES

AND

WAS SHE

ALSO

TELECOMMUNICATION PROCEDURES FOR RAPID DISSEMINATION OF WARNINGS TO RESIDENTS.

THE

MR OBSERVATORY, ROYAL BY ACCOMPANIED

THE DIRECTOR OF

CAESIUM PATRICK SHAM, SHE SAW THE SEISMOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION, THE

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION BEAM ATOMIC CLOCK, THE EQUIPMENT OF AN

AND THE GUANGDONG JOINTLY SET UP BY THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU AT HUANGMAO ZHOU,

OBSERVATORY

AT THE

SHE WAS BRIEFED ON AVIATION METEOROLOGICAL FACILITIES HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THE FUTURE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT.

MRS CHAN THEN TOURED THE EXHIBITION HALL TO SEE EXPLAINING THE WORK OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TO VISITORS GROUPS.

THE DISPLAYS AND SCHOOL

BEFORE WINDING UP THE VISIT, MRS CHAN ATTENDED A TEA TO MEET SENIOR STAFF.

RECEPTION

UNIQUE EFFORT OF HEALTH SECTOR IN

"SERENADING LIBBY FOR CHARITY"

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WONG,

BY

A GROUP OF "STAR PERFORMERS" IN THE HEALTH SECTOR BADE FAREWELL

MRS ELIZABETH то

FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE SECRETARY SINGING THEIR FAVOURITE SONGS AT A DINNER THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.

DEPARTMENTS AND THE CIVIL

THE DINNER WAS ORGANISED JOINTLY BY VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS IN HONOUR OF MRS WONG WHO WILL RETIRE FROM SERVICE THIS MONTH.

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'SERENADING LIBBY FOR COMPACT DISC ENTITLED COMMEMORATIVE CHARITY" IN WHICH MRS WONG'S CLOSE FRIENDS AND LEADING MEMBERS OF THE POEMS, WAS HEALTH CARE SECTOR SANG THEIR FAVOURITE SONGS OF RECITED PRESENTED TO HER AT THE DINNER.

/THE "STAR