WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1979
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ECONOMICS SUBJECT USEFUL IN EVERYDAY LIFE
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THE SUBJECT OF ECONOMICS IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO HONG KONG WHICH IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AS A CENTRE OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MRS. LOUISE MOK, DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A SEMINAR ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TEACHING ECONOMICS+ HELD AT THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, MRS. MOK SAID AN UNDERSTANDING OF ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES COULD BE HELPFUL IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
+THIS SUBJECT WILL BE EXTREMELY USEFUL TO STUDENTS TAKING SCIENCE, COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS, OR PRACTICAL AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS, SHE SAID.
COMMENTING ON THE INCLUSION OF ECONOMICS IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM, MRS. MOK SAID +ONE OF THE STRONGEST REASONS FOR THIS IS TO FOSTER AN UNDERSTANDING, AMONG EVERY STUDENT, OF THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH HE LIVES, FIRST AS A CONSUMER AND LATER AT SOMETIME IN HIS LIFE, AS A PRODUCER.+
ALTHOUGH CONCEPTS IN ECONOMICS COULD BE PROFOUND, SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THEM, SHE SAID.
+MANY OF THE CONCEPTS CAN BE MADE INTELLIGIBLE TO THEM BY MEANS OF USING DIFFERENT TEACHING APPROACHES SUCH AS PROBLEM- SOLVING, ROLE-PLAYING, SIMULATING GAMES, AND INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION AS SUGGESTED IN THE SYLLABUS.
*THE TEACHER, FOR HIS PART, SHOULD HELP HIS STUDENTS TO DEVELOP AN ENQUIRING MIND, TO BE AWARE OF CHANGES AND BE ADAPTABLE, MRS. MOK SAID.
NUMBER OF CALLS FOR AMBULANCE SETS NEW RECORD
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THE NUMBER OF CALLS DEALT WITH BY THE AMBULANCE COMMAND OF THE FIRE SERVICES HAS AGAIN REACHED A RECORD LEVEL.
IN THE 24-HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 7 A.M. TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE COMMAND ANSWERED A TOTAL OF 702 CALLS FOR VARIOUS SERVICES AN AVERAGE OF ONE IN EVERY TWO MINUTES.
OF THESE CALLS, 553 WERE EMERGENCY AND 149 NON-EMERGENCY.
COMMENTING ON THE RECORD NUMBER CALLS DEALT WITH IN A SINGLE DAY, A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID: +MOST OF THE CALLS WERE RECORDED BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND NOON AND BETWEEN 2 P.M. AND 4 P.M.+
HE SAID THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CALLS WERE CONNECTED MAINLY WITH ILLNESS AND COLLAPSES BROUGHT ON BY THE HOT WEATHER.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD, SET LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO, WAS 632 CALLS OR ONE EVERY 2.28 MINUTES.
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