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"Cool Met Stuff" for warm Lunar New Year
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     Do you know how warm or how cold Lunar New Year's Day might be? While an unseasonably warm start to the Year of the Horse is expected, the coming episode of "Cool Met Stuff", to be broadcast on Friday (January 31), will look into how cold Hong Kong has been in the past and the myth about snowing in Hong Kong.

     "Cool Met Stuff", produced by the Hong Kong Observatory and first aired on January 3, 2014, is an informative weekly programme on weather-related topics broadcast in Cantonese via mobile platforms, internet websites and TV channels. New episodes can be viewed every Friday around 6.30pm via the mobile app "MyObservatory", the "Cool Met Stuff" channel on the Observatory's website, or the Observatory's Youtube channel (www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBdhEGSPvUGVuK7fZUxHKzv51Y_2hy_hW).

     Current broadcast schedules (subject to possible programme changes by the TV stations) of "Cool Met Stuff" on various TV channels are:

* RTHK TV Channel 31       around 6.02pm every Friday
* ATV Home Channel         around 6.45pm every
                           Saturday and Sunday
* Cable TV News Channel    around 6.25am, 6.55am,
                           10.25am, 10.55am, 2.25pm
                           and 2.55pm every Saturday

     To access the "Cool Met Stuff" channel and the latest broadcast schedule, please also refer to the Observatory's website: www.hko.gov.hk/video/weatheronair.htm.

Ends/Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:00

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