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| Through the collaboration with secondary
school teachers and students in information technology
and in biology, under the coordination of the project
team, this project aims at: |
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establishing 'QEF Plant Study Sites 優質教育基金植物研習點' and
'QEF Plant Study Trails 優質教育基金植物徑', in different parts
of the Hong Kong S.A.R. |
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attracting or encouraging students to explore deeper
and broader into local flora and vegetation beyond those
covered in schools |
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giving students the satisfaction of achievement through
regular and extra-curricular activities, such as researches
into local flora and vegetation and innovative designs
of webpages |
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providing the basis for exploration for applying the
materials learnt to career development, so as to mobilize
students to eventually contribute to the targeted industries
in Hong Kong (e.g. information technology, ecotourism,
and exploitation of natural resources for health foods
and therapeutic agents) |
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documenting the plants and vegetation at the Sites and
along the Trails and serving as the basis for future in
situ documentation on the vegetation changes with time |
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| (f) |
offering support to ecotourism industry |
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