Friends of the Observatory

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The Friends of the Observatory, an interest group was established in August 1996 by the Hong Kong Observatory. This interest group is aimed to help the Observatory to promote Hong Kong Observatory and its services to the public, provide science extension activities in relation to the works of the Observatory and foster communication between the Observatory and the public. There are more than 7 000 individual and family members now. Activities organized for the Friends of the Observatory include regular science lectures and visits to Observatory’s facilities. Newsletters (named 談天說地) were also published for members once every four months. Voluntary docents from this interest group lead a "HKO Guided Tour" to let the public who applied in advence to visit the headquarter of the Observatory, and learn about the history, environment and meteorological science applied by the Observatory.