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The Awards Presentation of the Essay Competition and Commemoration of the first anniversary of the "Science in the Public Service" Campaign was held at the Hong Kong Observatory Headquarters on 13 January. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, Professor TSUI Lap-Chee, officiated at the event, and with the Director of the HKO, Mr LAM Chiu-Ying, and CEO of the Hong Kong Education City Limited, Ms Jacqueline CHENG, presented awards to the winners of the essay competition. The press release of this activity can be found at
http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200701/13/P200701120170.htm or
http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/news/2007/pre0113e.htm.
The campaign organized a series of activities in the past year, such as joint exhibition and scientific lectures, popular scientific talks, symposium, visits to government facilities, talks and roving exhibitions in schools, "A New Scientific Hong Kong" radio programme and essay competition, which were well received by the public. Some events attracted local and mainland media attention and were featured in several newspapers.
The activities organized in the past several months including a series of popular scientific talks: "The Radio Spectrum and Its Management" by Mr CHEUK Sing-tak of Office of the Telecommunications Authority on 16 September, "Analytical Science in Consumer Protection" by Dr CHUI Kuk-ying of Government Laboratory on 14 October, "The Conservation of Sea Turtles in Hong Kong" by Mr CHEUNG Ka-shing of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department on 11 November and "Hong Kong Shenzhen Western Corridor - an Innovative Boundary Crossing" by Mr LAW Shun-lee of Highways Department on 16 December.
Ten more bureaux and departments joined the campaign this year, making a total of more than 40 partners. In order to enhance public awareness towards science's implications on daily life, it is planned to organize a major event every 2 to 3 years, with smaller events with specific foci in the intervening years. We count on your continuous support.
Details of the Campaign activities can be found at http://www.science.gov.hk.
Hong Kong Observatory
15 January 2007
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