Reading the Press Release

I found that reading more press releases (English version) can also help me to improve my English proficiency:

to this end (Extracted from the press release of 12 Oct 2006)
=with this aim
Example:
With the increasing number of high rise buildings obscuring the visibility observations, there is a need to devise a new method to maintain the long-term visibility monitoring in Victoria Harbour. To this end, an automatic visibility meter has been installed at Central to provide visibility readings.