• In 1997, the Ministry of Education introduced school clusters to give schools greater autonomy and encourage them to be more creative in decision-making.
  

• School clusters are grouped according to their geographical locations (North, South, East, West). Each school cluster has about a dozen schools, which include primary and secondary schools, as well as junior colleges.
  

• Each cluster is facilitated by a cluster superintendent, whose aim is to enhance collaboration and the sharing of resources among the member schools.
  

• In addition to submitting updates to principals within the cluster, the cluster superintendent also provides principals with suggestions and support when necessary.

The well-equipped research building consists of three storeys housing ten different laboratories, including a biotechnology and microbial cultivation laboratory, as well as an environmental science and virtual reality laboratory. The facilities are open to the 87 schools in the West Zone school clusters. (Lianhe Zaobao, 27/4/2008)