FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1976
SECOND PHASE OF ACID RAIN SURVEY BY STUDENTS ******
TEACHERS AND STUDENT LEADERS FROM 269 SCHOOLS ARE TO TAKE PART IN A SEMINAR ON FEBRUARY 14 TO LAUNCH THE SECOND PHASE OF +ACID RAIN AND OTHER AIR POLLUTION PROJECTS+ JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND THE LABOUR DEPART-
MENT.
THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AT WAH YAN COLLEGE, WATERLOO ROAD. KOWLOON FROM 10 A.M. TO ABOUT 12 NOON. IT WILL BE OPENED BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, MR. ALEC REEVE.
DURING THE MEETING, MR. REEVE WILL RECEIVE A TOKEN PACKET OF SPECIAL ACID MEASURING PAPERS FROM RANK XEROX LTD., THE SPONSORING BODY WHICH SPECIALLY ORDERED THE PAPERS FROM THE UNITED STATES FOR THIS PROJECT.
OTHER SPEAKERS ARE MR. JEREMIAH WONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION, AND DR. BETH GOTT OF THE BOTANY DEPART- MENT, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AND VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION.
THE SEMINAR IS PART OF A WIDER STUDY ON +PURE AIR+ AND THE PART BEING PLAYED BY THE SCHOOL CHILDREN IS CONTRIBUTING A GREAT DEAL TOWARDS THE FUTURE BETTERMENT OF THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
HE SAID THAT A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST WAS AROUSED FOLLOWING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN AUGUST LAST YEAR WHEN PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS IN THE FIRST PHASE SHOWED THAT HONG KONG'S RAIN WAS INDEED ACID.
AS THE FIRST PHASE WAS CARRIED OUT AT A TIME OF QUITE HEAVY RAIN WITH QUITE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO REPEAT THE MEASUREMENTS ONCE AGAIN DURING THE WINTER WHEN THE RAIN IS MORE GENTLE.
THE SECOND PHASE BEGINS WHEN STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE SEMINAR COVERED ON FEBRUARY 14.
12