WWF Hoi Ha Marine Education Programme Community Group Information Sheet

I. BACKGROUND Jockey Club HSBC WWF Hoi Ha Marine Life Centre was officially opened in 2008 in Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park, which is one of the Hong Kong’s first designated Marine Parks in Hong Kong in 1996. It is recognized as a unique site due to its rich diversity of marine life. The establishment of the centre provides access to the priceless marine resource for enjoyment and education.

II. THE PROGRAMME WWF has developed the MARINE EDUCATION PROGRAMME (Community Group) for community centres, uniform groups and tertiary institutes. Through doing half-day hands-on activities, participants will be able to experience and explore the coastal environment, marine life in Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park and also learn the importance of sustainable lifestyle.

Programme Details No. Theme (Choose 1 ONLY) Programme Content Through role-play and a series of interactive activities, participants will be able to experience life of fish, * Story of fish learn their interesting characteristics 1 (For aged 6-11 children) and understand the global marine problems. Participants will be motivated to conserve our marine environment.

Participants will act as and play Corals and Climate different games in order to know how Change climate change threatens corals and 2 (For aged 6-11 children or therefore, learn some applicable family) sustainable habits for reducing their carbon footprint in their daily lives.

Participants will act as fish to experience fish life and understand * Fisheries Problem the threats towards them. Participants 3 (For aged 6-11 children or will also be encouraged to choose family ) sustainable seafood in order to reduce their ecological footprint.

By doing field study in different coastal habitats and observing the interesting marine life, participants 4 * Coastal Ecologist can find out the high ecological value (For Tertiary institutes) of the marine park and understand the inter-relationship between habitats and ecosystem.

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By using scientific methods and equipments, participants can measure physical parameters of sea water and exploring the life of planktons. Participants will know the Oceanographer inter-relationship between physical 5 (For Tertiary institutes) and biological parameters and their importance to the marine environment.

(Organizations applied this theme need to pay $800 deposit on the visit day. We will refund it to the organizations after the visit but if any equipment is damaged, organizations should pay the indemnity.)

Participants will use stereomicroscope to explore the interesting plankton world. They will learn the characteristics of planktons and Hoi Ha Exploration its importance to the nature. An interesting 6 (For 12-18 youth or other seafood choice activity will also help them to age groups) choose sustainable seafood in order to reduce ecological footprint and conserve the marine environment.

Each programme includes around 1 hour Glass-bottomed Boat trip. Participants can take the specially designed glass-bottomed boat to observe the beautiful community of Hoi Ha Wan.

This activity is weather dependent. It will be replaced by other activities if the on-site weather is not favourable for the boat trip.

* Remarks ：：：Those themes include outdoor activities that are dependent to the weather. Participants are needed to wade in the shallow water with shorts and canvas shoes and the tide must below 1.3m. Please check the tide level from the Hong Kong Observatory at http://www.hko.gov.hk/tide/eKLWtide.htm before sending in the application. If there is adverse weather, the chosen theme will be replaced by other indoor themes.

III. APPLICATION INFORMATION Programme Fee : HK$6,500 per group (discounted price) Mondays to Sundays (except Wednesdays, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Date of Programme: Year's Day and the first 3 days of the Lunar New Year) AM session: 09:30 to 13:00 Duration : PM session: 13:30 to 17:00 Guidance : Experienced WWF Education Interpreter Group Size : 20 - 36 people per group (including the person in-charge) Application Method: Send a completed Application Form to WWF by fax to 2328-2633

IMPORTANT REMINDERS, PLEASE READ BEFORE APPLICATION: 1. Please submit an individual application form for each visit programme application. All applications will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis. Programme should be applied 6 months but not less than 2 months in advance. 2. Applicants will be notified of their application result by fax. Payment will be requested once the application is successful. For enquiries, please contact WWF staff at 2526-1011, press 2> 2> 4> 2. MEPeng2013_website

WWF Hoi Ha Marine Education Programme Community Group Application Form

PLEASE READ ‘IMPORTANT REMINDERS’ BEFORE SENDING THIS FORM BY FAX TO 2328-2633  - Please tick the appropriate boxes ^ - Please delete the inappropriate choice(s) ORGANISATION / INSTITUTE INFORMATION Name of Organization: (English) :

(Chinese): Type of Organization:  Community Centre  Uniform Group  Tertiary Institute (Department : ______) Address: Phone no.: Fax no.:

ABOUT PERSON(S)-IN-CHARGE(S) OF THE VISIT DATE # Name(s) & Title(s) Contact Methods Mr./Mrs./Ms.^ Phone no. (Office): (English) 1. Phone no. (Mobile): (Position) E-mail:

Mr./Mrs./Ms.^ Phone no. (Office): (English) 2. Phone no. (Mobile): (Position) E-mail:

ABOUT PARTICIPANTS AND CHARGES No. of Participants (max 36 people include the person-in-charge(s)) Participants: Age group of 6 -11 12 – 18  above 18  Family group (age range: ) Participants ** : Charge *** : HK$6,500 per group ** All participants must be 5 years old or above** ***Please note that payment should be made only after WWF confirm your application as successful ***

DATE OF VISIT (Mondays to Sundays except Wednesdays, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and the first 3 days of the Lunar New Year) 1st priority of the date (DD/MM/YY) 2nd priority of the date (DD/MM/YY) / / AM/PM^ / / AM/PM^

CHOICE OF PROGRAMME  1 – * Story of fish  2 – Coral and Climate Change  3 – * Fisheries problem Programme  4 – * Coastal Ecologist  5 – Oc eanographer  6 – Hoi Ha Explor ation (Choose 1 only) *Those themes will include outdoor activities and are dependent to the weather. If there is adverse weather condition, the chosen theme will be replaced by other indoor themes. Language:  Chinese  English

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