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	Canon Social and Cultural Support Activities \| Canon Group \| Asia·Oceania \| Conservation of the Environment
		The Hoi Ha Charity Walk, organized by WWF Hong Kong, aims to increase public awareness of Hong Kong’s rich and diverse marine heritage Hoi Ha Wan.
		The University of New South Wales is conducting research on an Australian bird called the Night Parrot, which still has not been confirmed to exist.
		has donated nine cameras, which will be used to confirm and study the habits of this rare bird.
	www.canon.com /scsa/group/asia_oceania/environment (352 words)

	Hoi Ha Wan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is a marine park in Hong Kong.
		The location has a high biological value, as it shows a high degree of biodiversity.
		Along with a buffer zone between the tidal waters and the land, the mangrove woods are commonly act an ecologically sustainable habitat for juvenile fishes and other intertidal and subtidal invertebrates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hoi_Ha_Wan (434 words)

	Asia Dive Site \| Hong Kong dive sites :: Hoi Ha Wan
		Hoi Ha Wan is one of the best land vehicle accessible coral dive sites in Hong Kong.
		The beach at Hoi Ha Wan is not that interesting, unless you are prepared to spend the time to look around.
		Note that it is possible to reach Hoi Ha by minibus (from Pak Tam Chung Bus Terminus) or by taxi.
	www.asiadivesite.com /hong-kong-dive-sites/hoi-ha-wan/index.php (729 words)

	The Standard - China's Business Newspaper
		Hoi Ha Wan, home to rare coral and a breeding ground for marine life, is being destroyed by tourists, an ad hoc environmental group called Friends of Hoi Ha Wan said.
		But, they say, Hoi Ha Wan could be a starting point to rectify the situation.
		That, he said, has cost the bay its reputation as a precious natural area.
	www.thestandard.com.hk /news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=2683&con_type=1&d_str=20051004 (1004 words)

	Joint effort to improve marine environment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The marine environment of Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park will be improved with the joint effort of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD) and volunteers in removing the ghost-fishing gear (GFG) and other underwater litter.
		Volunteers from Hoi Ha Village and 10 amateur divers participated in the exercise conducted by the AFD today (Saturday).
		Hoi Ha Wan is one of the three marine parks in Hong Kong and was designated in June 1996.
	www.info.gov.hk /gia/general/199805/23/0521057.htm (201 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Urban development (16.5% of the land area) and agriculture (9% of the area) are concentrated in the lowlands and, in coastal regions, land has been extensively reclaimed to provide for development.
		Hoi Ha Wan, presently an SSSI, is being recommended for marine reserve status and two other sites (Cape D'Aguilar and Mirs Bay) are under consideration as potential marine reserves (Anon., 1990; WWF-Hong Kong, pers.
		The country park programme has been successful in encouraging and satisfying this demand, but the ever-increasing visitor numbers are not being matched by a corresponding increase in the management resource base.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/countrysheets/hkg.html (3259 words)

	A Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The island of Taiwan has a population density of 546 inhabitants per square kilometers, and most of the big cities are on the coast: Taipei (2.637 million), Kaohsiung (1.342 million), and Tainan (656 thousand).
		Taiwan has only 174 hectares and Japan 400 hectares, largely because of the morphology of the coast, the lack of large estuaries and the small size of the islands under tropical climate.
		Hoi Ha Wan (SSSI): Located in the southwest of Mirs Bay, is the best place for marine life in Hong Kong.
	www.deh.gov.au /coasts/mpa/nrsmpa/global/volume4/chapter16.html (10581 words)

	index.jpg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Hoi Ha is designated as Marine Park in 1996 with the protection of Ordinance>.
		Hoi Ha is diverse in coral species, where 59 out of 88 species in Hong Kong could be found.
		Hoi Ha is an inner bay with good water quality and well-grown coral communities.
	www.mapasia.com /ecology/eview10.htm (117 words)

	Dive Hong Kong with Marine Divers:Article - Clear As Crystal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The unit worked fine (how did I manage to work my way successfully through the user friendly manual?), providing a familiar display, and indicating the AR wrecks and other structures (have to check if they are rubber tyre or concrete types), on both the soft ridge and the outcrop.
		Arriving at Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park, the Junk was anchored in the buoyed anchoring area.
		Hoi Ha Wan Coral Garden and Old Wreck are ideal for snorkellers, while the AR wrecks offer adventurous diving for suitably qualified divers.
	www.marinedivers.com /crystalclear.html (2425 words)

	Using an Underwater Camera to Monitor Real-Time Fish Activities - Science - RedOrbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The system has also been used regularly for two to three weeks at a time to monitor changes in fish behavior in different climactic conditions over the past two years.
		When the camera is used in a coral area with a high sediment load, the dome is subjected to be masked by the sediment and "marine snow." Marine snow are tiny lumps of fine silt and sediment stuck together by plankton or mucous secreted by marine organisms.
		The settled sediment, silt and fouling has to be cleaned regularly by a diver using cotton cloth {so as to obtain a clear image).
	www.redorbit.com /news/science/799956/using_an_underwater_camera_to_monitor_realtime_fish_activities/index.html?source=r_science (1907 words)

	AFCD
		The Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park is a sheltered bay situated at the northern coastline of the Sai Kung Peninsula.
		Hoi Ha Wan is a dynamic sandy beach with a small mangrove community.
		The portion at Yan Chau Tong (Double Haven) is bounded by the coastline of the mainland in the east and that of Wong Wan Chau (Double Island) in the west.
	www.taipoboatclub.com.hk /afcd.htm (1235 words)

	abhorrent_biz_kid's Xanga Site
		The Board has a Standing Committee that considers complaints against teachers, and so the Committee has met to consider whether the reports they have received should be treated seriously or not.
		Having received the allegations from parents, which the Board felt could not be ignored, the Board is trying to act in a proper manner that strikes a balance between protecting Chrys’ interests as well as protecting the welfare of students in the College.
		Hoi Ha Wan has most of its coastal area preserved, yet ghostnets float to Hoi Ha Wan from the Tolo Harbour which there is no control over ghostnetting.
	www.xanga.com /abhorrent_biz_kid (2529 words)

	hoi ha wan
		In Hoi Ha Wan, artificial reefs comprising sunken boats, tyres and concrete blocks were deployed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department as part of a multi-million dollar fishery habitat restoration programme in Hong Kong waters.
		The success of the deployment, however, needs to be monitored and assessed, in terms of fish counts, investigations on the colonization pattern on the reef surface, and monitoring of the changes in benthic environment.
		It has been reported that the seabed nature can be modified in the presence of the artificial reefs owing to change in water current pattern and accumulation and die-off of fouling organisms.
	www.ee.cityu.edu.hk /~rtbrad/hhw (723 words)

	Ekin Dream/ Ekin Cheng/ News/ April 2004
		Ekin is planning to release a new album at the end of May. Even though in recent years he has focused on movies and he has not released an album for almost three years, he never gave up and diligently practiced his singing skills.
		Ekin is described as having a loyal heart, for the last years he has not left, nor abandoned his fans every now and they offer up small gifts, fans have had a long wait, he releases a new album when wait already long.
		He said that the experiences he has had before are both sweet and sour as well as bitter and hot, can consider it to be a complete human life.
	www.cyklin.com /news/2004/apr2004/apr04.htm (4612 words)

	WWF::Hoi Ha Wan
		WWF has been working with the Hong Kong SAR Government to establish marine parks and reserves in Hong Kong since 1988.
		The Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park is located to the north of the Sai Kung West Country Park, and is unique in having such a diverse variety of marine life within a relatively small bay.
		The WWF Marine Life Centre Project was proposed to provide marine education facilities at Hoi Ha Wan and was approved by the Country and Marine Parks Authority in March 1998.
	www.wwf.org.hk /eng/hoihawan (451 words)

	Hoi Ha Wan Photo Gallery by j sklee at pbase.com
		Hoi Ha Wan Photo Gallery by j sklee at pbase.com
		Hoi Ha Wan, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong.
		All photos were taken by Contax G2, T3 and Canon EOS 3 with RDPIII
	www.pbase.com /j_sklee/hoi_ha_wan (45 words)

	Action Asia: Beyond Hong Kong's city walls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Large forested areas are a natural progression from woodland, and the volume of tree-planting has helped speed the natural renewal process.
		Established marine parks and the marine reserves at Hoi Ha Wan, Yan Chau Tong and Cape D'Aguilar are a step toward protecting other marine life and reviving depleted fish stocks -- as is a new program to establish artificial reefs.
		The significance of the area has been recognized around the world, and in 1995 it was declared a site of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.
	www.actionasia.com /actionasia/Articles/index.jsp?aid=749 (1086 words)

	Porcupine! 32- Vertebrates-Newcomers to the local fish list, or unwelcome exotics!
		This beautiful reef fish was observed by Allen To and Kiwi Lee at Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park in mid-May. The tang was about 15 cm in total length and was hiding among rocks close to shore.
		That gorgeous 20 cm-adult angelfish was sighted in early June at Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park by Allen and Kiwi, in waters under the flyover to the education centre.
		Marine parks such as the Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park might give the impression of being a "fish sanctuary" or "fish paradise" to those aquarists who were bored with their fish and would like to set them free in areas "ideal" to their fish.
	www.hku.hk /ecology/porcupine/por32/32-vert-2-newcomers.htm (714 words)

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		Dives in this area are suitable for diver training and for newly certified divers, but please only let them dive over the coral after they have a reasonable command of buoyancy control.
		It is the remains of a ferrocement barge that was used to carry out reclamation work in a nearby area.
		This sketch of the wreck at Hoi Ha Wan was done by William Muirhead
	www.scuba.net.hk /oceanway/Local%20dive/ds_hoiha.htm (816 words)

	AFCD Marine Park Visitor Service
		Participants are requested to register at Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park Warden Post before the tour started.
		To facilitate the illustration and because of safety concern, each tour has a maximum 25 vacancies.
		Our tour guide has the right also to terminate the tour during the bad weather for safety reason even when none of the abovementioned weather warning or signal was announced.
	www.afcd.gov.hk /english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_mar/cou_vis_mar_mpvs/cou_vis_mar_mpvs_hoi.html (228 words)

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		Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park is a sheltered bay with pristine water quality, so that it provides a good marine environment for housing a great variety of marine organisms.
		It is well known that Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park has lush coral communities.
		Wan is the founder of one of China's most active AIDS organizations and is a well known AIDS educator and defender of the human rights of AIDS-affected people in China.
	www.lycos.com /info/wan--miscellaneous.html (389 words)

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		The kick-off launch for Reef Check was at the Coral Beach of Hoi Ha Wan on 8 August 1998, with the generous support from Ocean Sky Diving Co. Ltd.
		In addition Jean-Luc has given a lecture/workshop to the SCUBA club of Dar es Salaam, as they were interested in participating in Reefcheck.
		Frontier has an ongoing marine research programme in Southern Tanzania, we have recently surveyed reef areas with as much as 70% coral bleaching.
	www.coral.noaa.gov /archive/champ/bleach/b980912.dat (1300 words)

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		Hoi Ha is farming fishing village, People who lives there belongs to a sub southern chinese cultural group of Hak Ga.
		We hike around the Hoi Ha together, Being a forest next to the ocean, with a river running down from the hill.
		There are 5 beaches in the main bay of hoi ha, one on each side of the river delta and the three are on the eastern side of the don don rock.
	www.rpi.edu /~soc/hoiha.html (3003 words)

	Diving sites in Hong Kong :: Gowealthy.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Hoi Ha Wan is one of the best land vehicles accessible coral dive sites in
		Pedro Blanco, an isolated rock pinnacle 85km east of Hong Kong, was home to a colorful variety of exotic marine life including blue marlins, mantas, reef rays, octopus and turtles.
		April to July has many kinds of fish groups every year, Such as whalesharks, marlin, barracuda, mantas, tuna, etc. Dynamite fishermen and a succession of overnight spear-fishing expeditions are decimating fish stocks to the point where the site is in danger of becoming worthless as a diving location, according to marine experts.
	www.gowealthy.com /article/1218/index.asp (788 words)

	Civic Planning Team
		It seeks to conserve and enhance the environment by protecting the existing conservation areas and heritage features, by identifying new areas for conservation and by compensating for areas of conservation value which are lost to essential development projects.
		Country Parks are designated for the purposes of nature conservation, countryside recreation and education; Special Areas are areas of government land with special interest and importance by reason of their flora, fauna, geological, cultural or archaeological features.
		The Country Parks Authority has established criteria for determining whether or not a particular location is suitable for designation as a Country Park or Special Area.
	www.angelfire.com /folk/civicplanning/hkplanning/hkpsg/conservation.htm (4301 words)

	Marine conservation areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		They are Hoi Ha Wan and Yan Chau Tong marine parks in Sai Kung, and the Cape D'Aguilar Marine Reserve at the southeast part of Hong Kong Island.
		Hoi Ha Wan is a sheltered bay with a rich coral community on its flanks.
		In Hoi Ha Wan, the World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong is building an education centre.
	www.com.cuhk.edu.hk /varsity/9612/marine.htm (616 words)

	Hong Kong Beach Guide
		Hong Kong has a long coastline which is full of twists and turns with many bays and beaches.
		A formal monument to her achievement is erected in the children's playground on Tung Wan Beach while an unofficial monument is to be found beside the "winder surfer" cafe owned by her uncle which is situated between the two Hong Kong Beaches.
		Tai Kwai Wan (大貴灣) Cheung Chau
	www.china-hongkong-travelguide.com /hong-kong-beaches.html (2220 words)

	Eco-Tourism - SkyscraperCity
		The Planning Department says an application has been received to fill part of the area but no dumping is allowed until it has been approved.
		Conservationists suspect that rising demand for village houses is the main reason for the dumping and that the waste-charging scheme introduced in January has aggravated the problem.
		A sign on the trail coming into Hoi Ha Wan village reminds visitors to respect the villagers, but there is no sign for travelers heading toward the beach urging them to take care of the marine environment, one of the unique water spots in the New Territories.
	skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=309259 (3593 words)

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