Hong Kong Meteorological Society

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1 homepage Newsletter A. Annual General Meeting (11:25 a.m. to 12:10 p.m., 23 August 2003, ) The Annual General Meeting of the will be held at 11:25 a.m. on Saturday, 23 August 2003 at the Conference Hall of the. You are cordially invited to attend the meeting. The agenda and office bearers ( ) nomination form are enclosed. Please return the completed nomination form to the Honorary Secretary before 20 August B. Buffet Lunch (12:20 to 2:00 p.m., 23 August 2003, Miramar Hotel) You are also invited to the buffet lunch which will start right after the AGM at about 12:20 p.m. in Atrium, Miramar Hotel (G/F, 130 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, ). The cost of the buffet lunch is HK$90 for members and HK$100 for non-members. A reply slip for joining the buffet lunch is enclosed together with the membership renewal payment advice. You can make all payments by sending us a single cheque. C. Forum on Tropical Cyclones (9:30 a.m. to 11:25 a.m., 23 August 2003, Hong Kong Observatory) Prior to the AGM, there will be a forum on Tropical Cyclones. The forum will start at 9:30 a.m. at the. Details are given in the attached notice. Enclosures (i). Agenda of AGM (ii). Nomination form of office bearers of Executive Committee ( ) (iii). Reply slip for buffet lunch prior to the AGM (iv). Payment advice for membership renewal for the year (v). Membership Application For m (vi). Notice for AGM Forum Please return item (ii) to (iv) by post to the Honorary Secretary (address follows) before 20 August c/o 134A Nathan Road, HONG KONG Olivia Lee Secretary, olee@graduate.hku.hk 31 July 2003 Address : c/o 134A Nathan Road Hong Kong Telephone :

2 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Time: 11:25 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Date: Saturday, 23 August 2003 Venue: Convenor: Conference Hall G/F Centenary Building 134A Nathan Road Chairman, AGENDA 1. To receive and adopt the Annual Report of activities in 2002/03 2. To receive and adopt the Financial Report and the audited accounts of the financial year Election of Office Bearers of the Society 4. Appointment of the (i) Honorary Legal Advisor (ii) Honorary Auditor 5. Adoption of dues for 2003/4 6. To discuss the policies of the Society in 2003/4 7. Any other business

3 homepage ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEES, 2003/4 NAME MEMBER TYPE [ ] Fellow [ ] Associate member [ ] Student member [ ] Corresponding member [ ] Corporate member Annual membership fee (includes free subscription to HKMetS Bulletin) [ ] HK$200 Fellow [ ] HK$150 Associate member [ ] HK$50 Student member [ ] US$30 Corresponding member [ ] HK$500 Corporate member Note: 1. Please make your cheque payable to at the following address: c/o 134A Nathan Road Tsim Sha Tsui HONG KONG 2. All payments should be accompanied by this advice. 3. If you have already made the payment, please ignore this advice.

4 Nomination Form for the Executive Committee of the for the session 2003/4 Nominated Nominee Proposer Seconder Post Name Signature Name Signature Name Signature Chairman Vice-chairman Honorary Secretary Honorary Treasurer Five Committee Members

5 (Attn.: Ms Olivia Lee) 134A Nathan Road HONG KONG Place stamp here second fold here first fold here Please give below your updated contacts. The address will be used mainly for mailing society bulletins. You will be contacted by or fax in most other occasions. Updated Address: Telephone No. Fax No.

6 Reply Slip (Please return on or before 20 August 2003) (*delete as appropriate) I shall/shall not* attend the Annual General Meeting on 23 August I/and my (no.) companion(s)* shall/shall not* come to the buffet lunch on 23 August I enclose a crossed cheque payable to/i would subscribe through telegraphic transfer to* the in the amount of HK/US*$ as total payment of the following items: HK/US*$ for renewal of membership (payment advice attached) (Fellow HK$200/Associate HK$150/Student HK$50/Corresponding US$30)* HK/US*$ for the AGM lunch of member(s) and non-member(s) (HK$90 for Members; HK$100 for Non-members) Name Affiliation Signature Date

7 homepage Research Forum TOPIC: FORUM VENUE: Tropical Cyclones Conference Hall Ground Floor, Centenary Building 134A, Nathan Road FORUM DATE: 9:30 a.m., Saturday, 23 August 2003 FORUM CHAIRMAN: Ms Olivia Lee PROGRAMME 9:30-9:55 a.m. A local analysis and prediction system for tropical cyclone nowcasting Dr. P.W. Li 9:55-10:20 a.m. Use of the Multiple-model Ensemble Technique in Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasting Dr. T.C. Lee 10:20-10:35 a.m. Tea Break 10:35-11:00 a.m. Moving Spiral Bands in Tropical Cyclones Dr. Keith Chow City University of Hong Kong 11:00-11:25 a.m. Weather at Chek Lap Kok during Tropical Cyclone situations Ms Olivia Lee