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Year 9 Classroom on the Delta
May 2004

"Classroom on the Harbour component"

Wan Chai.

**On May 10, 120 Year 9 students, and 15 teachers set off on a 5 day investigation of the Pearl River Delta.**
**The first day was spent spent the day on the passenger-vehicle ferry, the Man On. The purpose of the 6 hours on**
**the ship was to provide the students and teachers with an opportunity to learn and appreciate one of Hong**
**Kong's most valued assets, Victoria Harbour, from an inter-disciplinary perspective. Students were**
**challenged with the questions:**
**"What is my place in the Pearl River Delta?"**

Lei Yue Mun Channel
**Mr. Brian 15-05-04**
Confirming our route onto the 1:20 000 scale maps.	Tsing Ma Bridge.
Marking the route onto the 1:20 000 maps, team work.	Scientific data gathering tool.
Marking the route onto the 1:20 000 maps, team work.	Scientific inquiry on the harbour.
Marking the route onto the 1:20 000 maps, team work.	Loading up one of the many, many container ships.
Getting help on "team work" from one of our parent guests.	Crane of a lighter - mid-harbour loading barge.
Heading up the Pearl River - bringing the goods!	Bridge.
Container port cranes.	On the vehicle deck for a close up view of the harbour.
Container port cranes sitting idle.	Our tallest building - IFC 2 - Central, dominates the water front.
Picking up the rubbish in the harbour - high tech approach.	Having our say about the Harbour - advocacy through post cards.
Guangzhou Tug at work in the harbour.	Having our say about the Harbour - advocacy through post cards.
Star Ferry - all painted up for "Asia's World City".	Having our say about the Harbour - advocacy through post cards.
The good old green Star Ferry.	Central-Wan Chai reclamation work - in front of the Star Ferry piers.
Tsing Ma Bridge.	Tsing Ma Bridge.