HKO - Under the Same Sky 130 Years - Display Area 19
Display Area 19 : Conclusion
Introduction of Display Area
Looking back over the past 130 years, the services of the Hong Kong Observatory have become more diversid in response to the pace of social change and public need. Rampant economic activity and the mature wisdom of visionaries have strengthened the linkage between meteorological work and the life of the general public. On-going technological advancements have fostered the rapid development of the Hong Kong Observatory. Nevertheless, the painstaking efforts of predecessors have left behind a legacy for today's Observatory. The Observatory will strive to provide a people-oriented service of excellence through science, innovation and partnership, enhancing the capability of society in preventing natural disasters and ably preparing for climate change.
The Observatory updated its values to Serve, Care, Innovate, Enthuse, Nurture, Collaborate and Excel, connected by the seven characters of SCIENCE, indicating science as its basis
Group photograph of the Hong Kong Observatory's staff in 2013
We are deeply indebted to the following individuals and institutions for their assistance in producing this exhibition:
- 任正全先生
- 塚原東吾教授﹙神戶大學﹚
- 鄭寶鴻先生
- 上海市氣象局 / 徐家匯觀象台
- 成報
- 美國太空總署
- 美國國家海洋及大氣管理局
- 政府間氣候變化專門委員會
- 政府新聞處
- 香港大學圖書館
- 香港歷史博物館
- 香港太空館
- 香港政府檔案處歷史檔案館
- 香港海事博物館
- 香港電台
- 南華早報
- 電視廣播有限公司
- 蘋果日報
- Ms Barbara Anslow
- Mr Jonathan Wattis
- Family of Mr GSP Heywood
- Family of J. S. Snook
- Agence France-Presse
- ITN SOURCE/REUTERS
- Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- Science Museum/SSPL