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MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1977
SEMINAR ON LABORATORY SAFETY
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ABOUT 450 SCIENCE TEACHERS AND LABORATORY TECHNICIANS WILL ATTEND A SEMINAR ON LABORATORY SAFETY TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
THE AIM OF THE SEMINAR IS TO AROUSE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY MEASURES IN LABORATORY WORK AMONG SCIENCE TEACHERS AND TECHNICIANS.
TALKS ON LABORATORY SAFETY AND OTHER TOPICS SUCH AS FIRE AND CHEMICAL HAZARDS IN LABORATORIES, SAFE USE OF ELECTRICITY AND RADIOACTIVE SOURCES, AND FIRST AID IN SCIENCE LABORATORIES WILL BE GIVEN BY EXPERIENCED TEACHERS AND SPECIALISTS IN THESE FIELDS. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN EXHIBITION ON LABORATORY SAFETY. PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND DISCUSS MATTERS OF COMMON INTEREST.
THE SEMINAR IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AND THE HONG KONG LABORATORY TECHNICIANS ASSOCIATION.
THE DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, MR. ALEX REEVE WILL GIVE THE OPENING ADDRESS.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
THE SEMINAR'S OPENING CEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT 9.30 A.M. AT GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, GASCOIGNE ROAD, KOWLOON.
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE EVENT COVERED.
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING IN KWUN TONG
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A NUMBER OF TEMPORARY TRAFFIC AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN KWUN TONG FROM WEDNESDAY (APRIL 13) TO FACILITATE DRAINAGE WORKS IN THE AREA.
STARTING FROM 10 A.M. ON THAT DAY, THE SECTION OF NGAU TAU KOK ROAD BETWEEN KWUN TONG ROAD AND SHING SHUN ROAD. WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO-WAY TO ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND, SHING SHUN ROAD BETWEEN NGAU TAU KOK ROAD AND KWUN TONG ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO-WAY TO ONE-WAY WESTBOUND.
AT THE SAME TIME, KMB ROUTE NOS. 2A, 6D, 13A, 89, 209 AND 211 TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND ALONG KWUN TONG ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED TO NGAU TAU KOK ROAD DIRECT INSTEAD OF OPERATING VIA SHING SHUN ROAD.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTOR ISTS.
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