Dear Members,
Ocean is one of our most important resources. Not only does it provide us with a multi-purpose venue for leisure, it also provides us with fresh fish and seafood every day. It indeed is closely related to our daily life. In the past, we could find Chinese Bahaba, hammerhead sharks and rays within the sea of Hong Kong and the living fossil, horseshoe crabs, could also be spotted on the seashores. However, they seem to have completely disappeared from Hong Kong recently, even some common edible fish are becoming less and less in number.
As an international city, Hong Kong is very advanced in terms of commerce and technology, but it falls behind other countries when we talk about marine protection. It is recommended that each country should have at least 20% of its water as protected area. However, only less than 2% of Hong Kong water is being protected. Having noticed such problem, our society decided to hold a marine forum to look for and discuss solutions for the current situation. You are definitely most welcome to come join us! Details of the forum are as follows:
Marine Forum – How to Balance Between Marine Conservation and Development?
Date: 22/4/2008
Time: 12:30-2:00pm
Venue: Haking Wong Podium
Guests: Prof. Yvonne Sadovy (Professor of Division of Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong)
Mr. Markus Shaw (Chairman of WWF(HK))
Mr. Fred Li Wah Ming, J.P. (Legislative Councilor & Members of the Committee on Sustainable Fisheries)
Mr. Keung Yin Man, J.P. (Chairman of the Hong Kong Fishery Alliance)
Apart from that, to show support to the “SOS – Save Our Seas Campaign” organized by WWF HK, we are now organizing a petition to urge the government to reinforce the protection on Hong Kong marine resources and to deal with the problem of overfishing. The details of the counter for signature collection are as follows:
Date: 14/4/2008 – 18/4/2008
Venue: Sun Yat-Sen Place next to the entrance of the New Wing of the Main Library
Please don’t hesitate to join the forum and voice out your idea!
You have your say!
Contact Persons: Calton(91358032) / Edward(95564774)