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The 2nd "Wetlands in My Eyes" Inter-school News Reporting Contest
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 Poster of the 2 nd "Wetlands in My Eyes" Inter-school News Reporting Contest
Wetlands provide resources for different organisms. They provide the daily needs for human, including food, clothes and medicine; and they also link with development of human culture, and even changes of the climate.
To encourage student to have a better understanding of wetlands, in order to observe the ecology on wetlands, plants and animals as well as discover the relationship between wetlands and humans, Hong Kong Wetland Park of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department in partnership with Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, Ming Pao Daily News, and life.mingpao.com have jointly organised "The 2nd 'Wetlands in My Eyes' Inter-school News Reporting Contest".
The news reporting contest echoes the theme "Wetlands, Biodiversity, and Climate Change" of World Wetlands Day 2010.
It encourages students to learn about the effects of climate change on biodiversity and wetlands. In the contest, students are required to prepare a news reporting through collation and
analysis
of information collected by various methods such as
surveys, observation of plants,
animals and different habitats,
interviews, or collection of information related to climate change.
Students can present news articles with pictures or multi-media. In addition, students are required to conduct an educational or propagandistic activity in their schools for at least one week using the information collected. The activity should be included in the "news report".
Details of the contest are as follows:
| All secondary schools students in Hong Kong |
| Each group need to submit their report themed "Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change" before 19 December 2009 |
The contest will be divided into 2 groups:
- Article and Photos "News Report" Group
The report should be between 1,000 to 1,200 words, 5 representative photos should be included.
- Audio / Visual "News Report" Group
3-minutes in maximum, subtitles and dubbings should be included.
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Max. of 4 students in a group, which is leaded by a teacher and each school may have 4 participating groups. Each student may enter ONE group only.
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| 10 October 2009 (10:00-12:00, Resource Centre, Hong Kong Wetland Park) |
| 7 November 2009 |
| 19 December 2009 |
| 22 December 2009 - mid January 2010 |
| Mid January 2010 |
| 6 February 2010 |
| Outstanding teams will be awarded with book coupons and trophy/certificate. The Champion team of each group will be invited for an exchange visit to wetlands in mainland China or overseas. |
- Press here to download the Power Point of Workshop for Participants (PDF file, 1.27MB)
- Press here to download the Power Point of Introduction to News Reporting (PDF file, 3.40MB) - Ms. Leung Shuk Ching, Chief Web Editor of mingpao.com Limited
- Press here to download the Power Point of Climate is changing, act now! (PDF file, 888KB) - Dr. LEE Tsz Cheung, Scientific Officer of Hong Kong Observatory
- Press here to download the Power Point of Case Study 1 (PDF file, 202KB) - Mr. Wong Chi Fai, Teacher of Queen Elizabeth School Old Students' Association Secondary School
- Press here to download the Power Point of Case Study 2 (PDF file, 1.40MB) - Mr. Hung Chak Lam, Teacher of Lok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School.
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The 2nd "Wetlands in My Eyes" Inter-school News Reporting Contest which is co-organised by Hong Kong Wetland Park, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, Ming Pao Daily News and life.mingpao.com, has been successfully completed. We have received 40 entries of news reports on wetlands from 24 schools. Most of the reports echoes the theme "Wetlands, Biodiversity, and Climate Change" of World Wetlands Day 2010. In addition, students had conducted an educational or propagandistic activity in their schools for at least one week using the information collected. Their activities have been included in the news reports.
After two rounds of adjudications, the winning entries were selected.
Article and Photos "News Report" Group:
| Prize |
School Name |
Theme (Contents are in Chinese only)
Click to view the layout of exhibition panel |
| Champion |
| 1st Runner Up |
| 2nd Runner Up |
| Outstanding Awards |
Audio / Visual "News Report" Group:
| Prize |
School Name |
Theme (Contents are in Chinese only)
Click to view the film (in WMV format) |
| Champion |
| 1st Runner Up |
| 2nd Runner Up |
| Outstanding Awards |
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to adjudicators, including Dr. LEE Tsz Cheung, Scientific Officer of Hong Kong Observatory; Ms. Katherine Lin, Beat Leader (Education), Ming Pao Newspapers Limited; Ms. Leung Shuk Ching, Chief Web Editor, Ming Pao Newspapers Limited; Ms. Janet Chan, Chairman, Environmental Group, Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union; Mr. Eric Wong, Acting Executive Director of Hong Kong Wetland Park.
The winning entries of the champion, 1st runner up and 2nd runner up in both Groups will be published in Ming Pao Daily News at the end of February.
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