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"The Dirty of Loudness"
HKU BA (Urban Studies) student wins international GIS award
with research on Traffic Noise Pollution in Western District

22 Jun 2017

Mr Kenneth Wong Kiu-ho, a Year 4 Bachelor of Arts student in the Urban Studies programme at the University of Hong Kong (HK), has won the Esri Young Scholars Award (YSA) 2017 for his entry “The Dirty of Loudness – Investigation on Traffic Noise Pollution to Residents in Western District”.

His research aims to identify the impact of traffic noise pollution on the residents of the Western District, and the results reveal that part of the buildings in Western District are exposed to serious traffic noise pollution. One of his research findings showed that traffic noise of about 60 buildings located next to the highway exceeded recommended standards all day.

Kenneth has been invited to receive the Award at the 2017 ESRI User Conference in San Diego, California, in July that will be attended by over 16,000 scholars and representatives from the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) industry worldwide. His work will represent Hong Kong and be displayed alongside that of other Young Scholar winners from around the world in the conference.

Members of the media are cordially invited to meet Kenneth to learn more about his research before he leaves for San Diego. Details of the press briefing are as below:

Date: 26 June 2017 (Next Monday)
Time: 11 a.m. to 12 noon
Venue: Room 606, 6/F, Knowles Building, Main Campus, The University of Hong Kong

About The Young Scholars Award
The Young Scholars Award is an international Award launched in 2012 by Esri in the USA, the global market leader in Geographic Information Systems software, to recognize the exemplary works in geo-spatial sciences of undergraduate and graduate students at universities around the world. The contest for this Award was launched in Hong Kong for the first time this year in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Esri China (Hong Kong).

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