Participants need to fill in information in this link to confirm registration and shuttle bus pick-up point:

https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=7518850

Date:June 10 (Monday)

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Shuttle bus pick-up: 10:00 a.m. Hyatt Regency Shatin Hotel Lobby

10:15 a.m. Royal Park Shatin Hotel Lobby

Drop-off points:(1) Ngong Ping 360 (cable car travelling time: 25 mins) https://www.np360.com.hk/en/

(2) Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery

Participants can choose to take cable car at Ngong Ping 360 to Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery or take the coach to get off at the 2^nd stop.

You are advised to book your tickets for Ngong Ping 360 cable car online first to save ticket-queueing time. You can approach the boarding area directly for fast boarding.

Weather forecast: A few t-storms. Cloudy. 27 c – 30 c

Friendly reminder: Hat/umbrella, sun block

Visitor Information: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/au/see-do/great-outdoors/outlying-islands/lantau-island/index.jsp

(Scenery spots in the area: Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery, Ngong Ping Piazza, Wisdom Path, Tai O Village)

Return shuttle: 5:00 p.m. Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery à Cocktail Reception in Central

It will be free activities after dismissal at Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery. Participants will be gathered at 5:00 p.m. to take shuttle bus to the Cocktail Reception at Lan Kwai Fong in Central.

Commonly known as the ‘Big Buddha’, the Tian Tan Buddha is a representation of Lord Gautama some 23m high (or 26.4m with the lotus), or just under 34m if you include the podium. It was unveiled in 1993, and today it still holds the honour of being the tallest seated bronze Buddha statue in the world.

Opposite the statue, the Po Lin Monastery is one of Hong Kong’s most important Buddhist sanctums and has been dubbed ‘the Buddhist World in the South’. Home to many a devout monk, this monastery is rich with colourful manifestations of Buddhist iconography and its pleasant garden is alive with birdsong and flowery scents. You can also enjoy a meal at its popular vegetarian restaurant.

If time permits, we will also tour the “Wisdom Path”, which is 10 minutes’ walk from Big Buddha. Wisdom Path traces a series of 38 wooden steles (upright monuments) containing verses from the centuries-old Heart Sutra — one of the world’s best-known prayers revered by Confucians, Buddhists and Taoists alike.

The arranged bus will leave from Hyatt Regency and Royal Park hotel at 10AM. After the visit, the bus will take everyone directly to the reception venue in Central.