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Activity
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1."Shell
Nature Watch ˇV Butterfly Explorer" Declaration
Ceremony Cum Press Conference
2.Hong
Kong Butterfly Net
3.Hong
Kong Butterfly Pictorial Guide
4. Butterfly
Watching Team
5. Butterfly
Exploratory Overseas Tour |
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ˇ§Shell
Nature Watch ˇV Butterfly Explorerˇ¨ Declaration Ceremony
Cum Press Conference
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13
March 2004 (Sat) |
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Lecture
Theater, Hong Kong Science Museum |
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09:30
ˇV 10:25 |
| Guests
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Dr.
Sarah Liao, Secretary for the Environment,
Transport and Works |
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Mr.
Andy Ku, Director of Shell Hong Kong Limited |
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Dr. Man Chi Sum, Chief Executive Officer of
Green Power |
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Dr.
Cheng Luk Ki, Division Head of Scientific
Research & Conservation of Green Power |
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Mr.
Yiu Vor, President of Hong Kong Lepidopterists'
Society |
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Introduction
In the ceremony, Dr. Sarah Liao, Patron of the project
and Mr Andy Ku, Director of Shell Hong Kong Limited,
presented delegation letters to the representatives
of 40 participating secondary schools and centre.
Over 100 students then became members of the Butterfly
Monitoring Team and series of butterfly-watching
trainings and monitoring activities started.
At the same time, information
and findings about local butterfly were released.
Mr. Yiu Vor from the Hong Kong Lepidopteristsˇ¦
Society remarked that among the 40 butterfly hot
spots discovered over the past 5 years, 29 hot
spots are located outside country parks and are
not protected. For example, in Lung Kwu Tan of
Tuen Mun alone, there are over 100 different kinds
of butterflies including the rare species Red
Lacewing, Cethosia bibles. Dr. Cheng Luk Ki from
Green Power said that as most of the butterfly
hot spots are not protected, they are easily affected
by development projects. For example, the Hong
Kong ˇV Zhuhai - Macau Bridge to be constructed
may damage the home of butterflies in San Tau,
Lantau Island. He suggested that the government
should include butterfly hot spots in the ˇ§Review
of Nature Conservation Policyˇ¨ to protect the
living environment of butterflies. In addition,
there is a need to prioritise butterflies according
to their species so that the rarer butterflies
are protected by law.
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Dr.
Sarah Liao, patron of the project, presented
delegation letters to butterfly watching
team members. |
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Dr.
Cheng Luk Ki is concerned that the butterfly
hot spot in Lung Kwu Tan of Tuen Mun may be
affected by construction projects such as
cargo port and refuse handling facilities.
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"Hong
Kong Butterfly Net"
"Hong
Kong Butterfly Net"
contains a hundred precious butterfly photos.
It introduces the diversity, ecology and conservation
of local butterfly and brings the public into
the butterfly world in Hong Kong. The public can
download the forms through the Net to report destructive
human behaviors that threaten the life of butterflies,
and play his or her part in protecting habitats
of butterflies and conserving our natural environment.
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"Hong
Kong Butterfly Pictorial Guide"
The Guide introduces several dozens of butterfly
species commonly seen locally and 5 hot butterfly-watching
trails. Moreover, tips for butterfly watching are
also provided. With the Guide, the public can organize
their own butterfly watching tour and understand
the diversity of butterfly in Hong Kong. Green Power
distributed 20,000 copies of the Guide to the public
free of charge.
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Butterfly
Monitoring Team
Butterfly Monitoring Teams from ˇ§Shell Nature
WatchˇXButterfly Explorerˇ¨ is formed by 160 students
and teachers/instructors from 40 secondary schools
and child & youth centres. Each team consist
of 1 teacher/instructor and 3 students. They need
to finish all training sessions and self butterfly
monitoring from March to September. The species
and number of butterflies are recorded and used
to build up the first citizen-initiated Hong
Kong butterfly database
to help conserve local butterflies in the long
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Each
appearance of butterfly was pictured by
team members for latter identification and
record of species. |
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Warm
up exercise for butterfly watching-identifying
wing patterns on butterfly specimen |
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Butterfly
Exploratory Overseas Tour
Date:
17 ˇV 21 August, 2004
Venue: Mt. Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Malaysia
Introduction:
After few months of training, 40 butterfly watching
teams handed in their butterfly conservation report.
The top 5 teams were selected to take part in
the overseas tour which lasted for 5 days and
4 nights. The destination was Mt. Kinabalu National
Park, Malaysia and the task was to learn about
the local butterfly conservation work and ecology
of tropical rainforests.
Participation
School |
St.
Francis of Assisiˇ¦s College |
St.
Margaret's College |
Po
Leung Kuk Char King Lin Sixth-form College |
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Wing Lung Secondary School |
The
HKSYC & IA Chan Nam Chong Memorial College
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Itinerary
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Day 1 (17/8) |
Morning
Afternoon
Evening |
Arrive at Kota Kinabalu Airport / go to Mt.
Kinabalu National Park
Guided Tour ˇVMountain Garden
Night Walk ˇV In search of nocturnal animals
and insects |
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Day 2 (18/8) |
Morning
Afternoon
Evening |
Butterfly
and Bird Watching
Guided Tour ˇV Silau Silau Trail
Educational activities |
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Day 3 (19/8) |
Morning
Afternoon
Evening |
Visit
to Mountain Kinabalu Natural History Gallery
Visit to Poring Spring / Canopy Walk
Night Walk ˇV In search of fireflies |
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4 (20/8) |
Morning
Afternoon
Evening |
Visit to Butterfly Farm
Come-and-See Rafflesia / Educational Activities
and Sharing
Free Activities |
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5 (21/8) |
Morning
Afternoon
Evening |
Go
to Kota Kinabalu
Visit to KK Plaza/Central Market/Handicraft
Market
Return to HK |
Overseas
Tour Review
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(Nepenthes sp.) |
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