Observatory Colleague Elected as Vice-Chair of Asia/Pacific Meteorological Information Exchange Working Group of International Civil Aviation Organization

Observatory Colleague Elected as Vice-Chair of Asia/Pacific Meteorological Information Exchange Working Group of International Civil Aviation Organization

Marco Kok Mang-hin

At the 21st Meeting of the Meteorological Information Exchange Working Group (MET/IE WG) of the Asia and Pacific (APAC) region of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Marco Kok Mang-hin, Acting Senior Scientific Officer of the Observatory, was elected as the new Vice-Chairperson of the MET/IE WG. This is the first time that a colleague of the Observatory has held the Chairmanship / Vice-Chairmanship of the working group, and serves as recognition of the contributions of Hong Kong, China, to the development of meteorological information exchanges in the region.

Participants of the 21st meeting of MET/IE WG

Marco Kok Mang-hin (left), new Vice-Chairperson of the MET/IE WG, Tim Hailes (centre), the Chairperson from Australia, and Peter Dunda (right), ICAO Regional Officer on Meteorology