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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1979
FIELD STUDIES COURSE FOR 80 GEOGRAPHY TEACHERS
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EIGHTY GEOGRAPHY TEACHERS WILL ATTEND A ONE-DAY ORIENTATION COURSE ON FIELD STUDIES TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S FIELD STUDIES CENTRE IN SAI KUNG.
AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY); +THE COURSE AIMS TO FAMILIARISE THE TEACHERS WITH THE CENTRE AND THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPES IN READINESS FOR RESIDENTIAL ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY COURSES FOR MATRICULATION STUDENTS AT THE CENTRE DURING TERM-TIME.+
ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS) MRS. LOUISE MOK, WILL GIVE AN OPENING ADDRESS TOMORROW.
PROFESSOR C.J. GRANT OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY WILL GIVE A TALK ON +FIELDWORK IN GEOGRAPHY+* WHILE DR. T.N. CHIU OF THE SAME DEPARTMENT WILL TALK ON +FIELDWORK POSSIBILITIES IN SAI KUNG – HUMAN ASPECT.«
ANOTHER TALK ON +FIELDWORK POSSIBILITIES IN SAI KUNG - PHYSICAL ASPECT+ WILL BE GIVEN BY MR. K.Y. TO OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS CHANG MING THIEN COLLEGE.
AN INTRODUCTION ON THE FACILITIES AND COURSES PROVIDED AT THE FIELD STUDIES CENTRE WILL BE GIVEN BY MRS. JOSEPHINE CHOW, INSPECTOR (FIELD STUDIES) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE.
ANOTHER CONTROLLED TIP FOR MA YAU TONG
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS INVITED TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A CONTROLLED TIP FOR DISPOSING REFUSE AT MA YAU TONG +CENTRAL+, OFF JUNK BAY ROAD IN KWUN TONG.
THE SITE IS ABOUT 500 METRES TO THE EAST OF THE MA YAU TONG +WEST+ CONTROLLED TIPPING SITE.
SITE PREPARATORY WORKS WILL COMPRISE EXCAVATION OF ABOUT 450 000 CUBIC METRES OF MATERIAL, AND ASSOCIATED SLOPE PROTECTION AND DRAINAGE WORKS.
THE CONTRACT WILL ALSO INVOLVE THE INSTALLATION OF AN +IMPERVIOUS MEMBRANE LINER+ AND A SYSTEM OF +SUB-SOIL DRAINS+ ON THE VALLEY TO CHANNEL THE WASTE PRODUCED FROM THE REFUSE TO THE PUBLIC SEWERS.
ON COMPLETION IN 1982, MA YAU TONG +CENTRAL+ WILL YIELD SEVEN HECTARES OF LAND FOR RECREATIONAL USE AND ABOUT 2.2 HECTARES FOR EDUCATIONAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY USE.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED, AND WILL BE SUPERVISED, BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, P.W.D.
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