SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1979
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ORIENTATION COURSE AT FIELD STUDIES
CENTRE FOR TEACHERS *****
BIOLOGY TEACHERS OF MATRICULATION CLASSES WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO TOUR ECOLOGICAL HABITATS IN SAI KUNG NEXT MONTH WHEN THEY ATTEND AN ORIENTATION COURSE ON FIELD STUDIES.
THE ONE-DAY COURSE ON AUGUST 29 WILL BE HELD AT THE FIELD STUDIES CENTRE AT THE SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE, PAK KONG, SAI KUNG, NEW TERRITORIES.
IT HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE SCIENCE SUBJECTS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE.
THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO FAMILIARISE BIOLOGY TEACHERS WITH THE ECOLOGICAL HABITATS IN WHICH FIELD COURSES WILL BE ORGANISED FOR THEIR MIDDLE VI OR LOWER AND UPPER FORM VI STUDENTS IN 1979-80.
MRS. LOUISE MOK, DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS WILL GIVE AN OPENING ADDRESS AT THE START OF THE COURSE ON AUGUST 29 AT 10 A.M.
TALKS WILL BE GIVEN BY PROFESSOR L.B. THROWER AND DR. WONG MING-HUNG OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY'S BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT ON +ALTERNATIVES TO HABITATS+ AND TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUS IN ECOLOGICAL FIELD STUDIES.+
MR. CHAN JOE-CHAK OF KAU YAN COLLEGE WILL THEN GIVE A BRIEF ING ON THE ECOLOGICAL HABITATS TO BE STUDIED, AFTER WHICH TEACHERS WILL TOUR THE WOODED SURROUNDINGS.
ENROLMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO 80, AND HEADS OF SCHOOLS WHO WISH TO NOMINATE THEIR BIOLOGY TEACHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COURSE ARE REQUESTED TO SEND IN THEIR APPLICATIONS ON OR BEFORE JULY 25.
ACCEPTANCE WILL BE ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE AT THE FIELD STUDIES CENTRE ON TELEPHONE NUMBER 3-2814009 OR THE SCIENCE SUBJECTS SECTION ON TELEPHONE NUMBER 5-774001 EXT. 41.
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