Hong Kong Geopark is shared by all of us. The geopark’s participants and supporters include administrative authorities, green groups, indigenous inhabitants near the geopark, Hong Kong citizens, overseas visitors, government agencies, scholars, the tourism industry and other private organisations.
Don’t be frightened by the millions of years in the chronological description of Hong Kong's geography and rocks. Apart from reading books and taking classes on the subject, you can learn from these participants and supporters about the characteristics and meaning of Hong Kong's geology and rocks, and find out about their contribution to the geopark.
“These natural resources have been there all along, but few people know them. It is absolutely a good thing to let more people know the geological treasure in Hong Kong through more promotion.”
Geological survey is like a process of traditional Chinese diagnoses, with four examinations: inquiring, looking, listening and smelling, sometimes even a surgery is needed to get samples.
“Developers will have a hard time seizing country lands so long as we succeed in leading the young people to walk into the country and making them love nature and treasure the natural resources.”
“I hope that we have created a popular and informative museum for all ages that stimulate a greater interest in the earth sciences and our natural environment that surrounds us and that encourage stewardship of our Earth in particular among the young generations.”
"In the suburbs of Hong Kong are many beautiful sceneries which are often ignored, and in the sky are many stars which are blocked by high-rise buildings; there is fascinating sunset every day, but students are too busy with homework or TV to care for sunset."
“the sustainable development of Hong Kong Geopark also entails support from the community, non-governmental organizations and private sectors rather than the government alone.”
