THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1979
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THE 10-KILOMETRE RUN ATTRACTED 4 000 AMATEUR RUNNERS FROM THREE WESTERN AMERICAN STATES.
+HONG KONG WAS THE FIRST OVERSEAS TERRITORY TO BE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE EVENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE HONG KONG TEAM CONSISTED OF SIX CHINESE AND TWO BRITISH RUNNERS.
COURSE ON USE OF ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS ****
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ORGANISED A SERIES OF EIGHT HALF-DAY COURSES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS ON THE USAGE OF ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS AND ITS APPLICATION AS RELATED TO THE MATHEMATICS SYLLABUSES.
+AS EACH COURSE CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE 25 PARTICIPANTS, APPLICATIONS ARE NOW INVITED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS, + A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE COURSES WILL BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 31, NOVEMBER 7, 14, 21 AND 28, AND DECEMBER 5, 12 AND 19, AT THE MATHEMATICS TEACHING CENTRE, WONG TAI SIN GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL, SECOND-FLOOR, ROOM 25, CHING TAK STREET, KOWLOON.
EACH COURSE WILL START AT 2.15 P.M. WITH AN HOUR-LONG
LECTURE TO BE FOLLOWED BY A PRACTICAL WORK AND DISCUSSION SESSION.
+THE LECTURE WILL COVER ELEMENTARY, OPERATIONS WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF CALCULATORS, RANGING FROM THE ELEMENTARY TO THE MORE COMPLEX PROGRAMMABLE TYPE.
+A SELECTION OF MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE MATHEMATICS SYLLABUSES WILL BE USED TO DEMONSTRATE THE CAPABILITIES OF THE MODELS AVAILABLE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
APPLICATIONS, WHICH SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH HEADS OF SCHOOLS, MUST BE RETURNED TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (MATHEMATICS) ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 18.
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