 A Visit to Hong Kong
Pictures and musing from a teacher in Hong Kong |
| First Look at Hong Kong
When the sun began to rise, I went up on the roof, where the hotel swimming pool is and to this along with many other pictures. |
Also, during monsoon season, they have a high risk of land slides. For this reason, most hills like this one that are in the city area are covered over with concret. |
Education Expo The Hong Kong government recently provided an enormous amount of money to the schools of the SAR to encourage more innovative teaching and learning techniques in their classrooms. Today (4-9-00) they sponsored an education exposition where they invited schools across the city and New Territories to demonstrate some of the projects and techniques they have enacted.
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 This
pictures illustrates the kind of money that the Hong Kong government is dedicating to
education and its modernization. This is the first HDTV screen I've used as a
computer display. |
After the Expo
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It is said that many people were born, lived, died, and where buried with out ever setting foot on land. Here is a single Chinese Junk in the marina at Aberdeen. |
| Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Last Day |
It
is early morning on Sunday. Of course it is day time in the USA, so I slept well for about
two hours, and woke up at 2:15 AM. Rather than toss and turn, I went to work beginning to
prepare for my meetings and workshops here in Hong Kong. 
Most people in Hong Kong live in very small appartments, usually
around 500 square feet. A very few, very very rich people live in houses. Here is one on
the top of a hill. 
In order to better understand
optics and photography, the class that this girl attends turned their classroom into a
giant pin hole camera, taking pictures of the area outside their school. She could clearly
describe exactly how it worked and other projects they would like to engage in. Her
class also integrated history, technical writing, mathematics, Chemistry, and other
subjects.
After the
Education Expo, we tried to drive up Victoria Peak ("The Peak") for a view of
the city, but were only able to make it up half way because of the traffic. We pulled off
the road here and took these pictures quickly as cars were backing up behind us.
Hong Kong is famous for its boat people. However, this will soon be something
of the past since their children are leaving this ancient way of life to pursue more
stable and lucrative lifestyles in the city.