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300 Young People Climb Great Wall in Hong Kong Delegation Tour

2023-05-06
300 Young People Climb Great Wall in Hong Kong Delegation Tour The members of a delegation of 14 uniformed groups in Hong Kong climb the Great Wall on July 22, 2019. More than 300 young people participated in the eight -day tour. Ju Huanzong/Xinhua

The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will sponsor the secondary students of the city to carry out continental study tours in an attempt to help them obtain a first -hand understanding of the country and its development, understand and appreciate Chinese culture and appreciate Chinese culture and appreciate Chinese culture and appreciate Chinese culture and appreciate Chinese culture and appreciate Chinese culture and appreciate Chinese culture and appreciate Chinese culture and appreciate Chinese culture and appreciate and appreciate Chinese culture. Develop its sense of national identity, revealed the City Education Office.

The program is an integral part of the Citizenship and Social Development Plan, which is mandatory for senior high school students and was implemented since high school 4 in 2021 of 2021/22 school year.

A total of 21 routes, which go from two to five days in provinces such as Fujian, Guangdong and Hunan, will be offered to students, who must present what they have learned and their self-reflections after the Study tours.

In a publication on social networks, the Secretary of Education Christine Choi Yuk-Lin said that to allow students to obtain a first-hand understanding of the country's culture and historical. And, as well as its development, the office, in a special agreement, is adding continental study to the citizenship and social development plan.

The office, in a written response to China, said the study the tours will begin when the pandemic situation resumes and travels without quarantine. He estimated that there are about 50,000 places for the program every year.

The two and three days tours are mainly from Guangdong or the Special Administrative Region of Macao, and include visits to cultural and historical sites in Guangzhou and Dongguan, a technological tour of Huizhou, a protection tour Environmental from Heyuan, an art and culture tour of Macao and Zhuhai and a Kaiping cultural heritage tour.

four -day tours are from cultural and historical sites in Fujian, which is part of the maritime road of silk.

The five -day options include trips to the provinces of Hunan and Guizhou.

Wong Ching-Yung, director of the Scientific High School, said your school may prefer tour routes of four or five days for Christmas or Easter holidays, since other options are too short to allow Students an integral experience.

Wong suggested an alternative plan, such as virtual learning, it must also be taken into account since the trip without quarantine may not be resumed very soon.

The new program also received a warm welcome from continental counterparts, with some cities that are not on the current destination list that offers Hong Kong students in the future.

making such a proposal to China Daily, the educational authority of the province of Yichang de Hubei, said the city, as a pilot of basic education reform at the national level, has the capacity to Forge an exchange platform for the Youth of Hong Kong and Continental, while local tourist resources such as the nearby Shenongjia National Park, which is also a registered world heritage also attracted Hong Kong students for a visit.

Yichang also wants to carry out regular educational activities such as educational camps and students with the SAR of Hong Kong, the authority said. /P>

Zhang Changquan, former secretary of the Party of the village of Dongjiangyuan, Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, expected that more Hong Kong students could visit Jiangxi, especially their village, which was relocated to protect the source of El Río Dongjiang.

The river provides fresh water to the financial center over the decades.

Zhang expected ties between Hong Kong and the continent, which can strengthen their national identity and pride.



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