The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) won eight awards in the 2009 Civil Service Outstanding Service Award Scheme, including the overall Service Enhancement Award in the "Small Department" category.  The awards were presented in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 29 September.  More details on the award scheme and the award presentation ceremony can be found on the Civil Service Bureau's webpage : http://www.csb.gov.hk/english/info/1975.html.

The awards won by the Observatory are :

 

Award Category	Award	Awarded Project
Service Enhancement Award (Small Department)	Champion	-
Partnership Award	Merit	Science in the Public Service (HKO is the coordinating department)
Specialised Service	1st Runner-up	Airport Thunderstorm and Lightning Alerting System Development
Specialised Service	2nd Runner-up	Equestrian Weather Service Team
Specialised Service	Special Citation (Innovation)	Airport Thunderstorm and Lightning Alerting System Development
Internal Service	Merit	Weather Buoy Deployment Team
General Public Service	Merit	Lightning Information Service Team
General Public Service	Special Citation (Innovation)	Lightning Information Service Team

 

The Observatory's winning team