Sister Wetland Affiliation Programme
Exchange Visit in Hong Kong: 25 – 28 November 2008

25 November 2008, Hong Kong Wetland Park – A group of 50 students and teachers from 6 schools in Hong Kong and Singapore came to share their experience on wetland conservation in Hong Kong Wetland Park. The schools from Singapore include Pei Cai Secondary School, River Valley High School, and Raffles Institution; while the Hong Kong school include Immaculate Heart of Mary College, St. Paul’s Co-educational College, and Queen Elizabeth School Old Student Association Secondary School. This is an important part of the Sister Wetland Affiliation Programme jointly organised by Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve of National Parks Board in Singapore, and Hong Kong Wetland Park of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.

Highlights of the programme include sharing of students' study results on rubbish problem, biodiversity investigation, water quality for tourist attraction, adaptation of exotic species, as well as research on development of an education trail. Students conducted their research or information collection for at lease 3 months from summer 2008.

The Sister Wetland Affiliation Programme included exchange visit between schools and wetland parks / reserve in Hong Kong and Singapore, in November 2008 and February 2009 respectively. Regarding the Hong Kong visit from 25 to 27 November, students conducted their sharing and exhibit of study result in Hong Kong Wetland Park, followed by visit to Mai Po Nature Reserve and partnership schools in Hong Kong.

For further details about the “Sister Wetlands Affiliation Programme”, please refer tohttp://www.sbwr.org.sg/swap/。

For more details about the study projects, please click the links below:

	Research on rubbish problem at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (by Pei Cai Secondary School, Singapore) Status of Herons (by River Valley High School, Singapore) Biodiversity investigations on the mudflats at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore (by Raffles Institution, Singapore) Water Quality of Tourist Attraction (by Immaculate Heart of Mary College , Hong Kong) Adaptation of Apple Snails (by St. Paul’s Co-educational College , Hong Kong) Hong Kong Wetland Education Trail (by Queen Elizabeth School Old Student Association Secondary School, Hong Kong)