Meteorological Training Centre for Belt and Road Countries established

Meteorological Training Centre for Belt and Road Countries established
Yeung Kwok-chung

The Meteorological Training Centre for Belt and Road Countries was established on 3 December 2024. Photo shows the Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Mr Tse Chin-wan (centre), and other guests officiating at the establishment ceremony. The other officiating guests included (from left): the Director General of the Maldives Meteorological Service, Mr Abdulla Wahid; the Director of Jordan Meteorological Department, Mr Ra'ed Ahmad Subhi Rafid; the Advisor of the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology of Cambodia, Dr Seth Vannareth; the Director of the Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific of the World Meteorological Organization, Mr Ben Churchill; the Deputy Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration, Mr Xiong Shaoyuan; the Commissioner for Belt and Road, Mr Nicholas Ho; the Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, Dr Chan Pak-wai; the Director of Fiji Meteorological Service, Mr Misaeli Mavoa Funaki; the Director of the Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau, Mr Leong Weng-kun; and the Deputy Director-General of the Thai Meteorological Department, Mr Thanasith Iamananchai.

The Meteorological Training Centre for Belt and Road Countries was established on 3 December 2024. Photo shows the Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Mr Tse Chin-wan (front row, centre); the Deputy Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration Mr Xiong Shaoyuan (front row, seventh from left); the Commissioner for Belt and Road, Mr Nicholas Ho (front row, seventh from right), the Director of Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific of the World Meteorological Organization, Mr Ben Churchill (front row, sixth from right); the Advisor of the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology of Cambodia, Dr Seth Vannareth (front row, fifth from left); the Director of Fiji Meteorological Service, Mr Misaeli Mavoa Funaki (front row, fifth from right); the Director of Jordan Meteorological Department, Mr Ra'ed Ahmad Subhi Rafid (front row, fourth from left); the Director of the Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau, Mr Leong Weng-kun (front row, fourth from right); the Director General of Maldives Meteorological Service, Mr Abdulla Wahid (front row, third from left); the Deputy Director-General of the Thai Meteorological Department, Mr Thanasith Iamananchai (front row, third from right); and the Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, Dr Chan Pak-wai (front row, sixth from right), with guests of the establishment ceremony.