WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1979
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SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEM ON DISPLAY
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AN EXPERIMENTAL SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEM DEVELOPED IN HONG KONG WILL BE ON DISPLAY FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT AN EXHIBITION IN YUEN LONG.
THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY A GROUP OF 15 UNIVERSITY GRADUATES. NOW UNDERGOING A TWO-YEAR ENGINEERING TRAINING PROGRAMME IN THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION ON +USES OF ENERGY+, IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE YUEN LONG LUTHERAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ON LING ROAD, TAI BAY TAU.
THE SOLAR WATER HEATER, WHICH CAN RAISE THE WATER TEMPERATURE AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 DEGREES CELSIUS, WAS BUILT IN 20 WORKING DAYS BY THE PWD'S TRAINEES AND COST ABOUT $1 400 FOR EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROJECT FOR DEVELOPING THE HEATER WAS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING THE TRAINEES TO THINK OF ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY INSTEAD OF OIL.
IT WAS ALSO INTENDED TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN PRACTICAL ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE IN DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT, HE ADDED.
THE NEW HEATING SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE SHOWN AT AN EXHIBITION AT THE KOWLOON LUTHERAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, 52 WATERLOO ROAD, FROM DECEMBER 13 TO 15.
COMPUTER COURSE FOR MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
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A SHORT COMPUTER COURSE FOR MATHEMATICS TEACHERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE HELD AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
THE AIM OF THE COURSE, TO BE HELD FROM DECEMBER 22, 1979 TO JANUARY 3, 1980, IS TO PROVIDE TRAINING OF THE INTERACTIVE MODE OF PROCESSING THROUGH THE STUDY OF A COMPUTER LANGUAGE KNOWN AS 'BASIC'.
IT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE COMPUTER SERVICES CENTRE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE MATHEMATICS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
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