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1. When any one the following weather warning signals is in force, all Conference programmes will continue to be held as scheduled, unless otherwise announced by the organiser:

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  • Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 1

  • Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 3

  • Amber Rainstorm Signal

  • Red Rainstorm Signal

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2. When Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 (or above) or Black Rainstorm Signal is in force prior to the Opening Hours of the Conference Programme, the following arrangements shall apply:​​

Weather Condition

Action to be Taken

Morning Session

Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 (or above) or Black Rainstorm Signal is in force at or after 6:30am

Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 (or above) or Black Rainstorm Signal is lowered before 11:00am

All afternoon activities will be resumed at 2:00pm in the scheduled order.

Afternoon Session

All morning activities (9:00am to 2:30pm) will be suspended.

All afternoon activities (2:00pm - 5:40pm) will be suspended.

Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 (or above) or Black Rainstorm Signal is in still in force by 11:00am

3. When Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 (or above) or Black Rainstorm Signal is in force during the Opening Hours of the Conference Programme, the following arrangements shall apply:

Action to be Taken

All programmes will continue until the end of that session, unless the organiser announces that session be suspended.

Black Rainstorm Warning is issued

Tropical Cyclone No. 8 (or above) is issued

All programmes will be suspended immediately and contingency arrangement will be announced.

Weather Condition

Notes:

  1. Please visit the Conference website for the contingency arrangement or contact the Conference Secretariat (Email: tea2018@eduhk.hk; Tel: (852) 2948 8901).

  2. No refund of registration fee will be arranged for any uncompleted Conference activities due to bad weather.

  3. Please visit the website of the Hong Kong Observatory (http://www.hko.gov.hk/contente.htm) for the updated weather information of Hong Kong.

Bad Weather Arrangements

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