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The wheel is designed to suit Hong Kong’s climate and weather. It is built within the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department and TUV standards. [7] Hong Kong Observation Wheel at night, August 2018. The wheel has had two owners. The previous owner was Swiss AEX and the current owner is The Entertainment Corporation Limited (TECL). [8]
The Observatory was established on 2 March 1883 as the Hong Kong Observatory by Sir George Bowen, the 9th Governor of Hong Kong, with William Doberck (1852–1941) as its first director. Early operations included meteorological and magnetic observations, a time service based on astronomical observations and a tropical cyclone warning service.
Lunch, visit the Cheung Chau Beach Weather Station (Hong Kong Observatory director, Mr Shum Chi-ming, joined the lunch event) 28: 22 September 2012: Hong Kong Observatory Headquarters: Seminar with the Hong Kong Observatory director, Mr Shum Chi-ming 27: 12 August 2012: Mongkok: Tea 26: 16 September 2007: Lamma Island: Outing and visit to wind ...
Observatory Road is located in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of the Kowloon Peninsula [1] and is about 200 metres in length. Despite its relatively short length, however, it is a significant historical area especially since some buildings from the old era still stand alongside the newer imposing structures of modern Kowloon.
The Sub-bureau for Rapid Service and Predictions of Earth Orientation Parameters of the IERS, located at the United States Naval Observatory, monitors the Earth's rotation. Part of its mission involves the determination of a time scale based on the current rate of the rotation of the Earth. Other services of IERS are at the Paris Observatory.
Following criticisms by the Ombudsman, the Hong Kong Observatory revised the rainstorm warning system to the current one in 1998, and the Education Department also revised the school closure system for rainstorm. The current rainstorm warning system consists of three signals based on both predicted and recorded rainfall levels, and all three ...
TOPCAT is an interactive graphical viewer and editor for tabular data. [2] Although a general purpose tool capable of handling large and sparse datasets with correlation functionality its specialist application area is astronomy and it was initially designed to support virtual observatories. [3]
Road Users' Code (Chinese: 道路使用者守則; Jyutping: dou6 lou6 si2 jung6 ze2 sau2 zak1) is a road users' guide published by the Transport Department of Hong Kong. Overview [ edit ]