Weather Chit Chat Issue 77 - Awards (April 2020)
The Observatory Wins 5 Awards in Civil Service Outstanding Service Award Scheme
The Hong Kong Observatory gained recognition again in the Civil Service Outstanding Service Award Scheme 2019, winning a total of five awards, including the Gold Prize of the Departmental Service Enhancement Award (Small Department Category).(More……)
Colleagues Awarded Chief Executive's Commendation for Government/Public Service
Dr Cheng Cho-ming, Director of the Observatory, and Mr Lee Lap-shun and Ms Song Man-kuen, Acting Assistant Directors, received the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Government/Public Service for their outstanding performance during the passage of Super Typhoon Mangkhut in September 2018.(More……)
Another Award for the SWIRLS
The SWIRLS (Short-range Warning of Intense Rainstorms in Localized Systems) nowcasting system, developed in-house by the Observatory, won two Winner Awards again in entries titled "Public Sector and Government category - Government & Citizen Services" and "Technology category - Artificial Intelligence” in the Asia Pacific Information and Communications Technology Alliance (APICTA) Awards, held in November 2019 in Ha Long, Vietnam.(More……)