At the invitation of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Dr W T Wong, Senior Scientific Officer of the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) delivered a lecture on tsunami early warning and numerical modelling at the SOA Course on Oceanographic Observation and Prediction Systems at Qingdao, Shandong Province end of March 2008.  Dr Wong's lecture was well received by the participants.

The above course was an integral part of SOA's effort to the development of oceanographic observation and prediction systems.  The purpose was to strengthen human resource development, and enhance the overall standard of the teams who operate these systems.  About 130 officers with a Bachelor degree or above qualifications from forecasting centres of all sea districts of the country attended the course.  A total of 17 experts from all over the country gave lectures at the course.

In recent years, HKO has established good working relationship with SOA.  HKO is pleased to have contributed to SOA's development of oceanographic observation and prediction systems by sending an instructor to the course.

Dr W T Wong, Senior Scientific Officer of the Hong Kong Observatory delivering a lecture to the State Oceanic Administration Course on Oceanographic Observation and Prediction Systems