THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1975
THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS HOPED THAT SCHOOLS WOULD CONTINUE TAKING TESTS AFTER SUDMITTING THEIR PRELIMINARY FINDINGS.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE SURVEY WAS OF CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE AS THE ACIDITY OF RAIN COULD AFFECT SOIL AND CROPS AND NATURAL VEGETATION, IN SOME EUROPEAN CITIES, HE SAID, ACID RAIN HAD DECOME A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH ACID RAIN EATING AWAY STONE AND STATUES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS PROBABLE THAT INFORMATION COLLECTED IN HONG KONG MAY BE SENT TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS OVERSEAS INTERESTED IN THE PROBLEMS OF ACID RAIN.
HE RECALLED THAT THE REPORT OF A PREVIOUS SURVEY ON WATER POLLUTION CONDUCTED IN 1973 BY SOME 18,000 STUDENTS HAD BEEN VELL RECEIVED BOTH LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS AND MANY COUNTRIES AD ASKED FOR DETAILS,
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THE FIRST PART OF THE PURE AIR' SURVEY PROJECT WINDSHIFT, WHICH AIMS TO PRODUCE UNIQUE LOCAL WIND PATTERN DATA WAS LAUNCHED IN EARLY MARCH THIS YEAR. THE RESULTS OF THIS SURVEY WILL RE COLLATED, COMPILED AND ANALYSED BY COMPUTER TO PRESENT THE LOCAL VARIATIONS IN WIND PATTERN AT THE END OF THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR. IT INVOLVES 46 SCHOOLS AND THE TWO UNIVERSITIES.
NOTE TO EDITORS: MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE
SEMINAR. IT WILL BEGIN AT 10.30 A.M. ON APRIL 12 (SATURDAY) AT THE KOWLOON TRUE LIGHT GIRLS' COLLEGE, 54A, WATERLOO ROAD, KOWLOON. RADIO AND TELEVISION CREWS WISHING TO INTERVIEW THE SPEAKERS MAY DO SO HALF AN HOUR BEFORE THE START OF THE SEMINAR. THEY SHOULD BE AT THE VENUE NOT LATER THAN 10 A.M. ON SATURDAY.
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