INTERDEPENDENCE and the ''vanishing border'' might be the twin themes of the megalopolis pavilion, but how will its vision of the future be conveyed to visitors? According to Dr Anthony Yeh Gar-on, assistant director of Hong Kong University's Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, this will mostly be done through a multimedia game, using satellite photographs and touch-screen computers.
Also, many government departments and private sector firms will present their displays of their involvement in infrastructure planning and development.
One of the highlights of the Hong Kong University stand will undoubtedly be the two enormous satellite photographs - each measuring 2.4 metres by 3 metres - of Hong Kong and southern China.
These satellite photographs, together with the touch-screen computers, make up ''The Game of Megalopolis'', which visitors can play to find out more about the shape of their city or region in the next century.
Dr Yeh, who is organising the game, said the photographs would be given an overlay of optic fibres to show future developments, such as the new airport and transport routes.
Visitors to the pavilion will be able to listen to a 15-minute tape - first in Cantonese, then in English - describing the new developments, as lights flash on the photographs to indicate where they will be.
