The 57th Hong Kong Joint School Science Exhibition opens to showcase students' technological creativity
2024-08-20
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China News Service, Hong Kong, August 20 (Reporter Liu Dawei) The 57th Hong Kong Joint School Science Exhibition opened at the Hong Kong Central Library on August 20. This year's exhibition is themed "Continuation", encouraging students to inherit scientific knowledge, continue the biodiversity of nature, assist in marine research to discover new opportunities as a starting point, design innovative inventions, and contribute to the sustainable development of society.
On August 20, the 57th Hong Kong Joint School Science Exhibition opened at the Hong Kong Central Library. Photo by Liu Dawei, a reporter from China News Service
At the opening ceremony of the exhibition, Wong Kam-sing, former Secretary for the Environment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said in his speech that science is particularly important for improving human life, but developing science is not easy. He hopes that more people will participate in using technology to promote ecological sustainability.
After the competition, a total of 22 local secondary school teams finally participated in the exhibition. Among them, the team from Cheung Sha Wan Catholic English Secondary School in Hong Kong hopes to gradually reduce the excessive nitrate in the water through steps such as electrolysis.
Lin Youxi, a member of the team, told China News Service that the waters near Hong Kong are rich in marine resources and biodiversity, but due to the impact of coastal industrial sewage, domestic sewage and aquaculture bait residues, the content of nitrates and other substances in the water has gradually increased, leading to eutrophication of the seawater, thus causing marine disasters such as red tides. Using technology to solve the red tide problem is exactly the original intention of the team to design the exhibition works.
There are also many creative works from other participating teams. For example, the team from Hong Kong Beleros Girls' School used hair and other materials to extract and absorb leaked oil, committed to protecting the marine ecology; the exhibits from the Salesian English School of Hong Kong used virtual reality (VR) technology to allow more people to observe marine life up close and understand the marine ecosystem.
The exhibition will last until August 26. During the exhibition, the organizers also invited university teams and overseas teams from Thailand and India to participate in the exhibition to promote cross-cultural and cross-regional scientific exchanges and learning. (End)
