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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1978
FIRST JOINT SCHOOL MATHEMATICS EXHIBITION
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THE FIRST JOINT SCHOOL MATHEMATICS EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD FROM SATURDAY (OCTOBER 7) TO OCTOBER 10 AT ST. PAUL'S SECONDARY SCHOOL IN HAPPY VALLEY!
IT WILL BE OPENED DAILY TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND 5 P.M.
TEN SCHOOLS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE EXHIBITION, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE MATHEMATICS TEACHING CENTRE OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS ARE CARITAS ST. FRANCIS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL KING'S COLLEGE, KWUN TONG MARYKNOLL COLLEGE MORAL TRAINING ENGLISH COLLEGE- QUEEN'S COLLEGE- RAIMONDI COLLEGE- ST. FRANCIS XAVIER'S SCHOOL, TSUEN WAN ST. LOUIS SCHOOL= ST. PAUL'S SECONDARY SCHOOL AND YING WA. COLLEGE.
THE AIM OF THE EXHIBITION IS TO STIMULATE STUDENTS' INTEREST IN THE LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS, TO PROMOTE CO-OPERATION AMONG THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS IN THE IMPORTANCE OF MATHEMATICS IN THIS MODERN AGE.
THE VARIOUS PROJECTS IN THE EXHIBITION WILL DEAL WITH DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF MATHEMATICS AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICS IN RECENT YEARS.
THE PROJECTS ON STATISTICS, NUMBER, MATHEMATICAL TOOLS AND MACHINES SHOW US THE APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICS IN OUR DAILY LIVES= WHILE THE PROJECTS ON LINKAGE DRAWING, GEOMETRIC PATTERNS, PROBABILITY EXPERIMENTS, MATHEMATICAL GAMES AND PUZZLES HELP US TO GRASP THE MORE ENLIGHTENED SIDE OF MATHEMATICS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPORTERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS TO COVER THE EXHIBITION AT 10 A.M. ON SATURDAY AT ST. PAUL'S SECONDARY SCHOOL, HAPPY VALLEY.
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