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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1975.
AIR POLLUTION SEMINAR
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A SEMINAR WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING AT THE KOWLOON TRUE LIGHT GIRLS' COLLEGE IN WATERLOO ROAD TO LAUNCH +PROJECT WINDSHIFT+, WHICH IS A CONTINUOUS EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO PRODUCE UNIQUE LOCAL WIND PATTERN DATA TO ASSIST IN THE BATTLE AGAINST AIR POLLUTION.
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FORTY-FOUR SCHOOLS AND THE TWO UNIVERSITIES ARE TAKING PART IN THE PROJECT, A JOINT EFFORT BY THREE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS - EDUCATION, LABOUR AND THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND THE CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION. RANK XEROX IS FINANCING THE PROJECT AND HAS PRINTED THE INSTRUCTION PAMPHLETS FOR STUDENTS. THESE PAMPHLETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE FIRM'S MARKETING PLANNING MANAGER, MR. LAWRENCE LUNG.
IN A BRIEF FOREWORD TO THE PAMPHLET, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR. OF SCHOOLS), MR. ARTHUR BROWN SAID *EDUCATION, EVEN SCIENCE EDUCATION, CAN SO EASILY BECOME BOOK LEARNING AND THE SOAKING UP OF FACTS, AND HERE WE HAVE THE EXACT OPPOSITES.
+ INSTEAD OF SIMPLY MEMORIZING FACTS FROM A BOOK, WE ARE TO DISCOVER THEM FOR OURSELVES AND, WHAT IS MORE, THESE ARE NOT SIMPLY ESTABLISHED FACTS THAT ARE ALREADY KNOWN BUT FACTS TO BE OBTAINED BY ORIGINAL RESEARCH..
+ INSTEAD OF READING A BOOK ON POLLUTION WE ARE INVOLVED IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE WRITING OF ONE. I AM QUITE CERTAIN THAT PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT WILL HELP US TO REALISE WHAT SCIENCE IS ALL ABOUT, MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN OUR NORMAL LESSONS.+
AT THE OPENING OF THE SEMINAR, 'SPEECHES WILL BE MADE BY MR. BROWN AND DR. BETH GOTT, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION.
FOLLOWING ILLUSTRATED TALKS BY MR. DAVID NEWBURY, AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND MR. PETER PETERSON, SENIOR SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, ROYAL OBSERVATORY, +HOME-MADE+ ANEMOMETERS WILL BE PRESENTED TO REPRESENTATIVES OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE SEMINAR COVERED. IT WILL BEGIN AT 10.30 A.M. TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT KOWLOON TRUE LIGHT GIRLS' COLLEGE, 54A WATERLOO ROAD.
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR PRESS
REPRESENTATIVES WHO WANT INTERVIEWS WITH THE OFFICIALS
CONCERNED TO DO SO HALF-AN-HOUR BEFORE THE START OF THE SEMINAR. ANY MEMBER OF THE MASS MEDIA WHO WISHES TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW IS REQUESTED TO ARRIVE AT THE COLLEGE AT 10 A.M. SHARP.
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