TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1979
GOVERNOR IN BEIJING
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE
SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, NOW VISITING BEIJING, SPENT THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON MEETING MR. LI QIANG, MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE, AND TOURING THE FORBIDDEN CITY.
HE WILL BE ATTENDING A BANQUET THIS EVENING, GIVEN IN HIS HONOUR BY MR. LI.
TOMORROW AFTERNOON, SIR MURRAY WILL CALL ON MR. HUANG HUA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
IN THE MORNING, HE WILL VISIT THE GREAT WALL AND MING TOMBS. THE GOVERNOR WILL SPEND THE EVENING WATCHING THE PERFORMANCES OF A BALLET.
$3.3 MILLION PROGRAMME TO BRING COLOUR ETV TO SCHOOLS
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STUDENTS IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMMES IN COLOUR FROM THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR.
+EXISTING BLACK AND WHITE TELEVISION SETS IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS WILL BE REPLACED BY COLOUR TELEVISION SETS BY STAGES COMMENCING THIS SUMMER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY TUESDAY).
+THIS MOVE WILL MAKE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMMES MORE INTERESTING AND EXCITING, AND WILL GREATLY ENHANCE THE TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE PROGRAMMES.+
BLACK AND WHITE TELEVISION SETS FOR SCHOOLS WERE FIRST INSTALLED IN 1971 AND THESE ARE NOW DUE FOR REPLACEMENT OWING TO THE EXPIRY OF THEIR LIFE-SPAN.
AT THE SAME TIME, A VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO EVERY GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL WHICH ACCOMMODATES TWO OR MORE STREAMS OF PRIMARY 3 TO 6 IN ONE SESSION.
BY USING THESE RECORDERS THE TEACHERS CAN RECORD AND PLAY BACK EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMMES AT TIMES CONVENIENT TO THEM.
*THE INTRODUCTION OF VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDERS IN SCHOOLS WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF CLASSES WILL REDUCE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TELEVISION SETS REQUIRED,
+IT WILL ALSO HELP EASE TIMETABLING DIFFICULTIES WHICH MANY SCHOOLS HAVE ENCOUNTERED SINCE SEPTEMBER 1978, AS A RESULT OF THE REDUCTION OF TRANSMISSION AIR-TIME DUE TO THE CLOSURE OF THE COMMERCIAL TELEVISION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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