Co-organizers
- The Salt and Light Preservation Center Village, Yimtintsai Village
(Charitable Institution---91/11287) - City University of Hong Kong (Department of Chinese and History)
- Hong Kong Baptist University (Department of Education, Department of Religion and Philosophy)
- Hong Kong Shue Yan University (Department of Sociology)
- Lingnan University (Department of History)
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Department of History, Department of Geography and Resource Management and Department of Cultural and Religious Studies)
- The Education University of Hong Kong (Department of Social Science, Department of Education Policy and Leadership)
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (South China Research Center)
Introduction
Yimtintsai (鹽田梓) Village is located on a small island in Saikung, New Territories, about half-an-hour ride on ferry from Saikung Town. It is a village of Hakka people with a settlement history of about 300 years, comprising about 40 households when it was deserted by the villagers at the end of the 1990s. It was one of the earliest sites of the Catholic missionary enterprise in Hong Kong back in the 1860s, and the whole village was converted to Catholicism in 1866. St. Joseph’s Chapel on the Island was listed as a second-grade heritage building by the Hong Kong government. The Chapel was renovated in 2003 and the project won the UNESCO 2005 Award of Merit for the Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation.
In 2011, the non-profit Salt and Light Preservation Center was established under the aegis of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese to launch several heritage conservation projects, including remodeling the old village school classroom into the Heritage Exhibition Center and revitalizing the saltpans based on the village’s history of salt industry. In the summer of 2015, the saltpan revitalization project won the UNESCO 2015 Awards of Distinction for the Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation. Since then, visitors to the village’s heritage facilities have increased tremendously. Volunteers are needed to help run the heritage programs managed by the Salt and Light Preservation Center. We aim to provide three training and drilling sessions to students for serving as docents and heritage facilitators in Yim Tin Tsai, a revitalized Hakka village, as community service and experiential learning opportunities.
Program details
1. Information Session (Optional)
Date: September 19 (Thu)
Time: 5:00pm-6:00pm
Venue: Zoom meeting
URL: https://hkust.zoom.us/j/96525108593?pwd=PkLzG1bjx6KdruSwf8ySJYiiI6YMEw.1
2. On-site training on Yim Tin Tsai Island (Mandatory)
Date: Sept 21 (Sat) or Sept 22 (Sun) (Choose one day)
Time: 8:50am-2:30pm
Venue: Yimtintsai Island
（Self-paid round-trip Ferry fare HK$70）
3. Classroom training (Mandatory)
Session 1
Date: Sept 28 (Sat) morning or afternoon (Choose one session)
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm or 2:30pm-5:30pm
Venue: CEC1002, 10/F, Christian Education Centre
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
Session 2
Date: Sept 29 (Sun)morning or afternoon (Choose one session)
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm or 2:30pm-5:30pm
Venue: CEC1002, 10/F, Christian Education Centre
Service Schedule
Student volunteers will be arranged to serve on both the morning shift (09:00-12:30) and the afternoon shift (13:30 – 17:00) for at least three pre-registered days on Saturday, Sunday or public holidays from 1 Oct 2024 (Tuesday) to 23 Feb 2025 (Sunday). Certificate of Docent Training and Certificate of Appreciation will be awarded when students finished serving at least 21 hours (3 whole days) on the Island.
Service Calendar
Working Language
Mainly Cantonese, occasionally Mandarin and/or English.
Roster registration
You will be given a website address for service dates online reservation (each student makes reservation for 3 service days, each day accommodates three applicants, first come first served).
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
- Understand how a community revitalizes itself through heritage work development, and community members interact among themselves and with outsiders.
- Develop interpersonal communication skills when serving as heritage docents and talking to visitors about the regulations of the heritage facilities.
- Develop management skills when guiding visitors at the heritage facilities of the village.
- Develop problem solving and teamwork skills when working in collaboration with other heritage facilities facilitators.
Ways to assess ILOs
The student volunteer will be required to write a self-reflection on the four ILOs after providing their service.
Attendance Taking Arrangement
The village staff in the General Office of the Village Committee on the island will be responsible for taking attendance of the enrolled student volunteers according to the roster.
Safety Precautions
There will be a first-aid box available in the General Office of the Salt and Light Preservation Centre on the island. Student volunteers will be instructed how to get access to it. Students serving on the island will be covered by insurance.