Installation at WWF Marine Life Centre

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In November 2006 Teng Hoi Conservation Organization and WWF Hong Kong agreed to place a blast detection station at the WWF's Marine Life Centre in Hoi Ha Wan.  The detector was planned to operate for a trial period of 4 months as the centre is scheduled to be refurbished starting in May 2007.  As well as keeping a listening ear out for blasts in nearby Hong Kong waters, the operation of the detection station has provided an invaluable opportunity in checking the functionality of the detector and improving Teng Hoi's blast detection software prior to a full pilot project in Sabah, Malaysia.  The detection station was dedicated to Professor Ridzwan of Universiti Malaysia Sabah, who is unfortunately ill at present.

The Design and Manufacturing Facility (DMSF) at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (UST) donated three hydrophones and associated electronics as well as the underwater framework for mounting the hydrophones.  The hydrophones cables were installed at the centre by lowering them through a hole in the Marine Life Centre platform and tying them to one of the centre's piles.

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Coral Monitoring students from Li Po Chun United World College helped to erect the detector framework and lower it into the water below the Marine Life Centre on 18th November 2006.  Four teams of students dived to correctly place the framework on the seabed and then fix the hydrophones into the mounts.