The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) and China Meteorological Administration (CMA) jointly held a ceremony on 27 October 2006 to commemorate the successful operation of a meteorological telecommunications circuit between Hong Kong and Beijing for more than three decades and the 10th Anniversary of the signing of the arrangement on long term co-operation between HKO and CMA.

The ceremony took place at the HKO Headquarters and was officiated by Professor Qin Da-he, Administrator of China Meteorological Administration and Mr. Lam Chiu-ying, Director of Hong Kong Observatory. At the ceremony, Professor Qin stressed the importance of co-operation between CMA and HKO. Mr. Lam also expressed his gratitude to CMA for its assistance in the past few decades. For more details on the event, please have a look at the corresponding press release (http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/news/2006/pre1027e.htm) as well as the speech delivered by the Director of Hong Kong Observatory during the ceremony (http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/news/2006/20061027_speaking-notes_c.pdf (in Chinese only)).

Professor Qin Da-he (left), Administrator of China Meteorological Administration and
Mr. Lam Chiu-ying (right), Director of Hong Kong Observatory raised their glasses in a
toast to celebrate long-term co-operation between China Meteorological Administration and
Hong Kong Observatory.