Tsunami advisory center starts operation in Hong Kong

STORY: Tsunami advisory center starts operation in Hong Kong DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony of the Backup South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (Hong Kong) (BSCSTAC) 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WONG SHUK-HAN, Under secretary for Environment and Ecology of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government STORYLINE: The Backup South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (Hong Kong) (BSCSTAC) started official operation Wednesday in support of the South China Sea Tsunami Advisory Center (SCSTAC) in Beijing. According to the Hong Kong Observatory, all operating systems of the BSCSTAC are on hot standby mode on normal days and are ready to take up tasks to support the SCSTAC in providing tsunami alert services for the South China Sea region when necessary. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese): WONG SHUK-HAN, Under secretary for Environment and Ecology of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government "Hong Kong wi