The Observatory won the Civil Service Departmental Service Enhancement Award

The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) won the Gold Prize of the Departmental Service Enhancement Award (Small Department Category) under the Civil Service Outstanding Service Award Scheme 2011. The Presentation Ceremony was held in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 12 September. The Acting Chief Executive, Mr Henry Tang, officiated at the Presentation Ceremony and celebrated the outstanding achievements of the winning departments and teams with over 600 guests and civil servants. This is the third time that the Observatory won this award, after 2005 and 2009. More details on the award scheme and the scheme presentation ceremony can be found on the Civil Service Bureau's web page:
http://www.csb.gov.hk/english/info/2194.html.

One of the outstanding services of the Observatory recognized by the adjudicators is the personalized weather service "MyObservatory". Currently available on the mobile platforms iPhone, iPAD, Android as well as PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), "MyObervatory" has become increasingly popular with the monthly visit figure reaching a new height of almost 140 million, and the number of users exceeding 800,000. For details of "MyObservatory", please visit
http://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/myobservatory/id361319719?mt=8;
https://market.android.com/details?id=hko.MyObservatory_v1_0&hl=en.

Mr C M Shun, Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, receiving the trophy from Dr Hon Leung Ka-lau, Legislative Council Member

Observatory's staff celebrating after the award presentation ceremony