星島日報 2008年10月17日
運輸及房屋局今天刊登憲報，在沙田路近沙田第一城及富豪花園路段，加建約640米的直立式隔音屏障、懸臂式隔音屏障及密閉式隔音罩，減低該路段的交通噪音。工程2010年初動工，預計2012年底竣工。其他工程包括暫時封閉並重鋪畮_修或永久封閉並重置現有行車道、單車徑及行人路的部分路段；以及進行附屬工程，如安排臨時交通改道、安裝輔助交通設備和街道照明。市民可到中西區民政事務處諮詢服務中心、沙田民政事務處諮詢服務中心及沙田地政處，查閱工程圖則。任何人士如欲反對該項加建工程，須於12月16日或以前，把反對書寄交花園道美利大廈16樓運輸及房屋局局長辦事處。
Friday, October 17, 2008
西貢海底發現全球最大六角石柱群 萬宜水庫伸延至果洲群島
明報 2008年10月17日
1億多年前，香港是神話中的火焰山，處處火山口，最大的一個在西貢，直徑逾20公里。有一天，火山猛烈爆發，噴出大量熔岩，整座山塌下，後來熔岩冷卻形成嶙峋地貌。西貢一帶出現的一條條巨型六角形石柱，成為現在港人的寶貴天然資源。漁護署最近研究發現，西貢萬宜水庫一帶的六角形石柱群，原來一直向南伸延至數十公里外的果洲群島海底，總面積達150平方公里，約為十分一個香港大小，是目前已知世上規模最大的同類型地貌。
特首在剛發表的施政報告指出，政府正考慮在現有機制下設立地質公園，將這些特殊地貌及岩石群發展成可供觀賞的自然景觀，吸引市民及遊客參觀。
據了解，政府已篩選10個各有特色的地貌景點，向內地申請列為國家地質公園，預計2010年完成。當中5個地點包括糧船灣、橫洲、火石洲及沙塘口山、橋嘴洲、牛尾洲及果洲群島，全位於1億年前西貢東面的「火山口」上。
香港地貌岩石保育協會主席吳振揚，昨日到橋嘴洲檢視碼頭附近石灘上毫不起眼的岩石，原來處處都是火山爆發的痕迹。他說，橋嘴洲處於火山邊緣，島上的石頭是火山爆發時噴出的火山灰，冷卻後形成流紋岩，表面紋理清晰可見，顯示這塊石頭曾經以液態流動。
1億年前香港火山口處處
香港昔日火山口處處，但只有位於西貢的火山得天獨厚，爆發後熔岩迅速冷卻，形成大量世界罕見的六角形石柱。他說，韓國、日本 及台灣均有同類地貌，但規模遠不及本港，世上著名的愛爾蘭巨人堤岸（Giant's Causeway）佔地約110平方公里，約有4萬條石柱，每條直徑平均0.5米；最新研究顯示，西貢的巨型六角石柱群佔地150平方公里，約有20萬條石柱，每條直徑平均1.2米，介乎50至70米高，最高可達200米，極為壯觀，規模更勝巨人堤岸。
為了向內地及聯合國 申請成為國家級或級數更高的地質公園，調查人員早前深入研究，發現石柱群由萬宜水庫一帶陸地，一直伸延至南部的海底，遠至果洲群島。他說，這種地貌達到世界級數，足以列入世界自然遺產，港人平時行山，往往忽略足下平平無奇的石頭，若了解形成的過程，自然會變得有意義。
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Worst blizzards in 50 years create travel mayhem (STANDARD) 01月 28日 星期一 05:30AM
Severe weather continues to wreak havoc with air and rail traffic between Hong Kong and several mainland cities, with the number of passengers stranded at Guangzhou rail station
expected to reach 600,000 today.
The Airport Authority said 20 arriving or departing flights between Hong Kong and the mainland had either been canceled or delayed.
Rail services were also disrupted, with at least five trains between Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing delayed up to 24 hours.
Among the angry passengers was Zhao Dan, 30, who has been hit twice in nine days by the country's worst snowfall in 50 years.
On January 17, the businesswoman was stranded at Shenzhen airport for six hours while on a flight to Changsha which was closed because of the snowfall.
She later spent four hours on a vehicle to get to her hometown.
On Friday, Zhao cut short her Lunar New Year holiday and chose to return to Shenzhen by train to avoid a similar stoppage. But after traveling for four hours, the train was stuck in the snowstorm and all passengers had to spend the next 24 hours huddling inside the train compartment. Zhao described her experience as a "nightmare since there was no water supply and no food."
"We stopped in the middle of nowhere without any explanation or announcement. The conductors were rude, children were crying and no one knew what had happened," Zhao said.
"After being cooped up for 15 hours, tempers started to flare, with the conductor threatening to lock up angry passengers."
The heavy snowfall brought traffic to a standstill in five provinces, cut off a key rail link and stranded thousands of vehicles on icy highways, state media reported. Up to 150,000 passengers were stuck yesterday at the Guangzhou railway station, the southern end of the key rail link to Beijing, with numbers expected to grow to up to 600,000 by today, the Southern Metropolitan Daily reported.
The large manufacturing and commercial city has issued emergency orders to help cope with the swelling crowds and called on local universities and other public facilities to provide shelter for stranded passengers.
Amidst the transportation chaos, small businesses are doing well, with a captive market of thousands of people stranded at Guangzhou station. The price of a rice box has reportedly rocketed from five to 50 yuan.
Snowstorms that swept Hunan, Guizhou, Anhui and Jiangxi have affected industrial production.
Premier Wen Jiabao warned of a nationwide energy shortage due to a drop in coal inventories which was forcing power stations to cut output and heavy snowstorms which damaged the power grid. Five percent of the country's coal-fired power plants were closed yesterday.
p.s. plz help updating the blog-v-
melanie;]
Severe weather continues to wreak havoc with air and rail traffic between Hong Kong and several mainland cities, with the number of passengers stranded at Guangzhou rail station
expected to reach 600,000 today.
The Airport Authority said 20 arriving or departing flights between Hong Kong and the mainland had either been canceled or delayed.
Rail services were also disrupted, with at least five trains between Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing delayed up to 24 hours.
Among the angry passengers was Zhao Dan, 30, who has been hit twice in nine days by the country's worst snowfall in 50 years.
On January 17, the businesswoman was stranded at Shenzhen airport for six hours while on a flight to Changsha which was closed because of the snowfall.
She later spent four hours on a vehicle to get to her hometown.
On Friday, Zhao cut short her Lunar New Year holiday and chose to return to Shenzhen by train to avoid a similar stoppage. But after traveling for four hours, the train was stuck in the snowstorm and all passengers had to spend the next 24 hours huddling inside the train compartment. Zhao described her experience as a "nightmare since there was no water supply and no food."
"We stopped in the middle of nowhere without any explanation or announcement. The conductors were rude, children were crying and no one knew what had happened," Zhao said.
"After being cooped up for 15 hours, tempers started to flare, with the conductor threatening to lock up angry passengers."
The heavy snowfall brought traffic to a standstill in five provinces, cut off a key rail link and stranded thousands of vehicles on icy highways, state media reported. Up to 150,000 passengers were stuck yesterday at the Guangzhou railway station, the southern end of the key rail link to Beijing, with numbers expected to grow to up to 600,000 by today, the Southern Metropolitan Daily reported.
The large manufacturing and commercial city has issued emergency orders to help cope with the swelling crowds and called on local universities and other public facilities to provide shelter for stranded passengers.
Amidst the transportation chaos, small businesses are doing well, with a captive market of thousands of people stranded at Guangzhou station. The price of a rice box has reportedly rocketed from five to 50 yuan.
Snowstorms that swept Hunan, Guizhou, Anhui and Jiangxi have affected industrial production.
Premier Wen Jiabao warned of a nationwide energy shortage due to a drop in coal inventories which was forcing power stations to cut output and heavy snowstorms which damaged the power grid. Five percent of the country's coal-fired power plants were closed yesterday.
p.s. plz help updating the blog-v-
melanie;]
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Amendment on Answers of Ex. 6
Please note that answer for question 3 should be Tensional instead of compressional.
Add oil tmr!
Remember to allocate your time better when doing the exam.
There are 40 MCs. And you need to answer 3 long questions which carries 60 marks.
So, you may consider allocating your time in this way:
1 Hour for 3 long questions
30 mins for 40 MCs.
Good Luck!
And Happy New Year!
Cheers,
Miss Chow
Add oil tmr!
Remember to allocate your time better when doing the exam.
There are 40 MCs. And you need to answer 3 long questions which carries 60 marks.
So, you may consider allocating your time in this way:
1 Hour for 3 long questions
30 mins for 40 MCs.
Good Luck!
And Happy New Year!
Cheers,
Miss Chow
Monday, December 24, 2007
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Dear 4H, Melaine and Adonia,
Merry Christmas to you all!
I have posted up the answer for Exercise 6 and 8 which have been distributed to you before the holiday. Please check the answer by yourself. If you have any questions, you can MSN me if you see me online. Or you can email me at wychow_bps@yahoo.com.hk
Good luck and Add oil!
Read more news, girls! You know you can always answer the questions in a better way when you have more COMMON SENSE!!! esp. for the theme on CITY.
Dun afraid in making mistakes. And dun put too much pressure on yourself! It's not your fault if you cannot get everything correct! Remember, all the human beings on the earth learn from their mistakes in the past. Making mistakes is part of our learning process.
But of coz, you need to put some efforts in understanding the themes and issues first.........haha!
Cheers,
Miss Chow
Christmas eve 07 @ school
Merry Christmas to you all!
I have posted up the answer for Exercise 6 and 8 which have been distributed to you before the holiday. Please check the answer by yourself. If you have any questions, you can MSN me if you see me online. Or you can email me at wychow_bps@yahoo.com.hk
Good luck and Add oil!
Read more news, girls! You know you can always answer the questions in a better way when you have more COMMON SENSE!!! esp. for the theme on CITY.
Dun afraid in making mistakes. And dun put too much pressure on yourself! It's not your fault if you cannot get everything correct! Remember, all the human beings on the earth learn from their mistakes in the past. Making mistakes is part of our learning process.
But of coz, you need to put some efforts in understanding the themes and issues first.........haha!
Cheers,
Miss Chow
Christmas eve 07 @ school
Answer for Exercise 6 and 8
Exercise 6:
- 1a. Plate A: Eurasian Plate; Plate B: Pacific Plate; Plate C: African Plate; Plate D: Indo-Austrialian Plate; Plate E: South American Plate
- 1b. mid-oceanic ridges, transform faults, submarine volcanoes and volcanic islands.
- 2a.
- 2b. X: destructive; Y: constructive
- 2c. Plates move towards each other due to converging magma currents/ compressional force
- Nazca Plate collides with South American Plate
- Denser Nazca Plate subducts
- Sediments washed down from South American Plate form sedimentary rock
- Sedimentary rock between the two plates are squeezed up
- Rise above sea level to form fold mountain
- 3. X: block mountain; Y: rift valley; compressional
- 4. A: batholith; B: dyke; C: sill; Y: basic lava cone; X: composite cone
- 5. normal; tensional
- 6. reverse; compressional
- 7. tear; lateral
Exercise 8
- 1a. X is rift valley; Y is lave plateau
- 1b. Change the question into: "What is the process leading to the formation of feature X?" Answer: faulting
- 1c. characteristics: wide base, U-shape, stepp slopes on two sides, river running across
- formation: can be formed under both tensional and compressional force
- 2a. 1000m
- 2b. broad base, oval shape, gentle slopes, cultivation at the foot hill (soil is not acidic)
- 3a. A: sill; B: dyke
- 3b. Compare (similarities): intrusive features; formed by cooling of magma
- Contrast (differences): shape (one is tilted/vertical; one is horizontal)
- 3ci. C: composite cone
- 3cii. formed by alternate layers of ash and lava
Friday, December 14, 2007
Map Reading on Monday (17/12)
Dear girls,
So sad to know about the abandonment of the website ....... You can see the number of posts from Sept to now is decreasing gradually......
I am here to recruit some volunteers to help maintaining the web. If you are currently reading news every day or quite often and if you don't mind on updating the web site, please help logging in every day to update the web with the most updated news.
Meanwhile, I will start classifying the news under different themes and issues. Thank you very much indeed if you can help!
And for the map reading on Monday, please bring with you the whole chapter starting from p.161 and the map of SAI KUNG. I have flipped over the exercise and I found that there are lots of revision exercises on the map reading skills that you have learnt. Try and see if you still remember those skills.
Cheers,
Miss Chow
So sad to know about the abandonment of the website ....... You can see the number of posts from Sept to now is decreasing gradually......
I am here to recruit some volunteers to help maintaining the web. If you are currently reading news every day or quite often and if you don't mind on updating the web site, please help logging in every day to update the web with the most updated news.
Meanwhile, I will start classifying the news under different themes and issues. Thank you very much indeed if you can help!
And for the map reading on Monday, please bring with you the whole chapter starting from p.161 and the map of SAI KUNG. I have flipped over the exercise and I found that there are lots of revision exercises on the map reading skills that you have learnt. Try and see if you still remember those skills.
Cheers,
Miss Chow
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