Acknowledgement

Acknowledgement

I should give my profound thanks to Dr XXX, supervisor of my dissertation, for his guidance and advice throughout the planning and writing of this dissertation. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to Ms Jody Au Yeung, the chief of Shung Him Tong Village, Ms Christine Chan, Miss Cathy Lau, and their colleagues in the Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course for their sincerity and enthusiasm in showing me around to look for Wild Boar’s footprints. I have to thank Mr Alex Yeung, the team leader of Tai Po Hunting Team, for his sharing of experience in hunting Wild Boar and the current operation of the hunting team. Also, I am greatly appreciated with Mr Paul Crow of Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Dr Fiona Woodhouse of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Hong Kong), and Mr Michael Lee of WWF Hong Kong who generously spent their time on giving me their valuable comments and advice on Wild Boar management in Hong Kong. Moreover, I would like to express my gratitude to Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of HKSAR Government for providing the first-hand data in relation to Wild Boar disturbances.

Special thanks must be granted to Cherry and Ruby, for spending their time on proofreading and editing the manuscript. Their encouragement and comfort granted me confidence to hold on. Thanks to Ada for her continuous support, advice, and supervision so that I was able to catch up the schedule and submit the dissertation on time. I appreciate Echo for her assistance in searching news report before 1998 and her care and love all the time. I must offer my heartfelt thanks to Alice, Jessica, Josephine, Cecilia, Ben, Ann, Calvin, and Andress for their prayers which comforted me in many sleepless nights. Thanks to all my friends, especially my little friends in James fellowship, for their patience to my request of prayers week by week. I appreciate my colleagues, Joyce and Ivan, for their brilliant ideas to this dissertation. I am also greatly indebted to my beloved family. Their ever lasting love, patience and support animate my life.

Last and most importantly, I must say thank you to God to whom I should dedicate this dissertation. Without His company and help, this dissertation could not be completed. I would like to express my gratitude to Him for granting me this opportunity to learn and appreciate His amazing creation. He granted me confidence, braveness and strength to complete this task. His promise is always with me whenever I am in need. Perhaps, this is not the best dissertation in my life, but definitely, this is the best lesson I have ever had - being hand- in- hand with God.

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
(Joshua 1:9)

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我正式宣佈：二零零九年四月廿六日晚上八時十五分，本人辛苦了半年有多的畢業論文已經完成！感謝各位在過去的日子對本人的守望、支持和幫助！以上的acknowledgement是我搜盡枯腸，盡力把所有的名字包括在內的成果。但篇幅所限，如有遺漏，敬請見諒！

呼～終於可以鬆一口氣！（可以呼一口氣，因為我強逼自己不要再看，否則又會引發一些後患無窮的問題，例如覺得寫得很爛、point很少等等等等）

我現在只希望這份功課可以順順利利過關，不要被打回頭要重做就好了。


後記：之前說過，劏豬說還未看我的論文。前兩天他又發電郵告訴我，他的意見要星期一才發給我。所以我決定不理會他了～今天已經印好三份，明天拿去釘裝了！