Weather Chit Chat Issue 97 - HKO Updates (June 2025)


WMO Regional Association II (RA II) Regional Basic Observing Network (RBON) Implementation Workshop (17 to 20 February 2025)

Annual Guangdong-Hong Kong Nuclear Emergency Response Meeting (26 February 2025)

Mr Li Guoying, Minister of Water Resources of China, visited the Hong Kong Observatory (31 March 2025)

Professor Debra Roberts, Co-Chair of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), visited the Hong Kong Observatory (16 January 2025)

A Tuen Mun District Council delegation visited the Hong Kong Observatory (29 April 2025)

A delegation from Guangdong Meteorological Service and the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress visited the Hong Kong Observatory (18 and 19 March 2025)

Officers from the Meteorological Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality visited the Hong Kong Observatory (13 and 14 February 2025)

Professor David Makram Bishai, Dean of the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong, visited the Hong Kong Observatory (21 February 2025)

Professor Zheng-Tong Xie of the University of Southampton visited the Hong Kong Observatory (7 March 2025)

Observatory colleagues the participated in a leadership development training programme (11 and 13 March 2025)
Staff Promotions and Retirements
Ms Leung Man-yee was promoted to Chief Scientific Assistant
Mr Cheung Kwai-kwong was promoted to Chief Scientific Assistant
Ms Mok Lai-ping, Senior Personal Secretary, retired
Mr Li Nga-wing, Senior Scientific Assistant, retired