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STAYING SAFE

EMERGENCIES WEATHER WARNINGS

When you travel, please take the Emergency Contact Card with you. This Thunderstorm Warning, Typhoon Signals and Rainstorm Warnings
is available from the HKUST Office of Global Learning. In case of an When the Thunderstorm Warning, Typhoon Signal No.8 and/or Black Rainstorm
emergency, call the 24-hour emergency hotline: Warning is hoisted, you should take necessary precautions as follows:
• Stay indoors wherever you are and do not leave the building until the
On Campus: signal is lowered and it is safe to do so.
Security Control Center on Campus • Stay away from large windows, structures and objects that are
Ext. 8999 or Direct Line: 2358 8999
vulnerable to strong wind.
Off Campus: • Do not swim or engage in any water sport activities. Leave the water
Police/Fire/Ambulance: 999 and seek shelter.
• Do not touch aerials, water pipes, wire fences and similar metal
When calling for help, always provide the following information: installations.
• Location of the accident/incident • Do not handle inflammable materials in open containers.
• The nature or severity of the accident (e.g. number of injured persons, • Do not stand on hilltops or near any highly conductive object. Keep
seriousness of injuries, extent of property damage, gas leakages, etc.)
• Your name and current location away from trees or masts that are likely to be struck by lightning.
• You should listen to radio and TV broadcasts for weather updates

INTERNATIONAL SOS Landslip Warning
About three to four hundred landslides are reported each year, mostly in the
rainy summer season. Occasionally, severe landslides can cause casualties,
HKUST partners with International SOS, the leading travel health and safety damage properties and block roads.
assistance provider. Whether you are in Hong Kong or traveling abroad,
International SOS provides HKUST students with a 24/7 resource on call, Landslip warnings will be issued (by the Hong Kong Observatory in
online and even on the ground to help with medical, security and logistical consultation with the Geotechnical Engineering Office) based on the latest
questions, concerns and situations that may arise. weather information.

So if you need pre-travel advice, a medical referral, lose your medication, When the Landslip Warning is issued, local radio and television stations are
or experience a medical or security crisis, please call International SOS for notified and are requested to broadcast the warning to the public at regular
assistance. We also advise that you download the ISOS Assistance App. The intervals, together with advice on precautions that should be taken.
app will give you instant and real-time access to country-specific medical When the Landslip Warning is in force, you should stay in a safe shelter.
and security alerts wherever you are.
Avoid walking or standing close to steep slopes and retaining walls.
Hong Kong Assistance Center: (+852) 2528 9900
If you receive a notice to evacuate because of landslide danger, or if you
https://www.internationalsos.com
believe that your home is endangered by an unstable slope or retaining wall,
HKUST membership number: 07AYCA093635 or overhanging boulders, you should make immediate arrangements to move
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/international-sos-assistance/ to a safe shelter.
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Hong Kong Observatory Website
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.infostretch. https://www.hko.gov.hk
iSOSAndroid&hl=en&gl=US

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