Reconstruction of Tai Po Kau Tide Gauge Station completed

Reconstruction of Tai Po Kau Tide Gauge Station completed

Lee Fung-ying

The reconstruction of the Tai Po Kau Tide Gauge Station has been completed. The new station began official operations in September 2024, monitoring the tide levels in Tolo Harbour. Its design was developed based on the winning entry, titled “Revealing the Tip of Iceberg”, of a design competition held by the Hong Kong Observatory in 2020 in collaboration with the Civil Engineering and Development Department, the Architectural Services Department and the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, and uses the image of an iceberg to raise public awareness regarding the impact of global warming.

The new tide gauge station has a taller interior headroom than the old station, providing space to place tide measurement equipment at higher positions in order to measure higher water levels.

The reconstruction of the Observatory’s Tai Po Kau Tide Gauge Station has been completed. The new station began official operations in September 2024, monitoring the tide levels in Tolo Harbour.

The Tai Po Kau Tide Gauge Station of the Hong Kong Observatory during reconstruction work.

“Cool Met Stuff”: “Revealing the Tip of Iceberg” at Tai Po Kau [in Chinese].