Technical Visit to Hong Kong Observatory
Date, Time & Venue
20 January 2018 (Saturday); 9:30 am;
assemble in front of main entrance, Hong Kong Observatory, 134A, Nathan Road,
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.
Programme Highlights
The visit will cover a tour of the
Monitoring & Assessment Centre, Meteorological Centre, Weather Programme
Studio and Mobile Radiation Monitoring Station at the Hong Kong Observatory
Headquarters, including a technical talk on climate change.
Registration and Enquiry
The visit is free of charge and
prior registration is required. The number of participants is limited to 50 and
applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. Priority will
be given to members of Nuclear Division. For registration, please complete and
return the Standard Reply Form to Ms YY Ko via Email: nuclear@ne.hkie.org.hk by
12 January 2018. Successful members will be notified by email. For enquiries,
please contact Ms YY Ko at Tel: 2634 3744.
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Report
Technical visit to the Hong Kong Observatory
Prepared by Ms.
Yani KO
A technical visit to the Hong Kong
Observatory (HKO) Headquarters organized by Nuclear Division was held on 20 January
2018. The delegation of 40 participants was led by Ir Dr. Vincent Fong, the
Chairman of Nuclear Division.
They were warmly greeted by Ms. Olivia
Lee, Senior Scientific Officer (Environmental Radiation Monitoring and
Meteorological Measurements) of HKO upon arrival. The delegation was first
given a Technical Talk on “Debunking Climate Myths” by Mr. F. C. Sham, Chief
Experimental Officer (Climate Forecast Services and Climate Change Studies) at
the Multi-function Room, where scientific consensus and myths of climate change
were introduced.
Then, the group visited the Monitoring
& Assessment Centre (MAC) and were given an in-depth presentation on the
essential role of HKO particularly in operating radioactivity detection
equipment for screening, emergency radiological sampling and monitoring. By making
reference to the recent “Daya Bay Contingency Plan” exercise, the speaker
introduced the operation of the extensive radiation monitoring network installed
at strategic locations for effective real time monitoring of the radiation
level in the territories. Radiation measurements of air, soil, water and food
samples as well as nuclear accident consequences assessment by using
meteorological data from weather stations would be conducted with the support of
aerial and mobile ground measurements, following the activation of the contingency
plan.
The group also visited the Weather
forecast studio, Radiation survey vehicle and Meteorological Lawn, to learn
more about the collection of radiation and meteorological data. Thereafter,
members visited the Weather Forecasting Office (WFO) in Hong Kong
Meteorological Centre and was briefed the operation of the WFO particularly in
forecasting the weather in the territories and the meteorological services
provided by HKO.
In
conclusion, the visit was very fruitful and of special interest to the members
who gained an insight into the operation of HKO particularly in weather
forecast and the important role of HKO in radiation monitoring. On behalf of
the Nuclear Division, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the
Hong Kong Observatory for providing this visit to our members.
Photo Caption:
Group photo of the
delegation at the Hong Kong Observatory