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8.19
In early 1990 a series of five films on
protection in Hong Kong will be released and
environmental
available
ma de
institutions
and
to be ma de in
to community groups,
professional
e du cational establish ment s. These films,
both Cantonese and English, are be ing
financed from a grant of $5 million from the Royal Hong
They cover air, noise, water, waste
Kong Jock ey Club.
manage men t, and the environment in general.
8.20
The Government plans to establish in 1990/1 an
environmental information
area, which will contain
including copies of the
audio/visual packages, to
professional
groups,
establishments.
resource centre in the urban
a range of information materials,
Royal Hong Kong Jockey C lu b
be made available to community
e du cational
institutions
and
8.21
Environmental
promoted in
Development
schools.
Committee
education will continue to
be
In this connection the Curricu lum
recently proposed
has
the
in the school curricu lum,
int ro du ction of a new sub ject
Environmental Studies, at senior secondary level. The Hong
Kong Examinations Authority is considering the viability of
this subject for the Hong Kong Certificate of Education
examination, in the light of schools' response to the
proposal.
8.22
It is expected that
environmental education in
schools, particularly at secondary level, will receive a
boost from the planned develop ment over the next few years
of three new field studies centres, on Lantau, Cheung Chau
and in the Tso Kwung Tam Park, to comp le ment the only
existing field stu dy centre at Sai Kung. The Royal Hong
Kong Jockey Club audio-visual packages, which will become
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