NOTE TO EDITORS:
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1979
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SWD THANKS EMPLOYERS OF DISABLED PERSONS
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THIRTY-TWO LEADING EMPLOYERS, WHO HAVE OFFERED JOBS TO HUNDREDS OF DISABLED PERSONS, WILL BE FORMALLY THANKED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AT A CEREMONY TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
MISS DAPHNE HO, A PIONEER IN REHABILITATION SERVICES WHO HAS RETIRED FROM THE DEPARTMENT, WILL PRESENT CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION TO THE EMPLOYERS FOR THEIR STAUNCH SUPPORT IN HELPING RE-INTEGRATE THE DISABLED INTO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3.15 PM IN THE IMPERIAL HOTEL, FIRST FLOOR, 32 NATHAN ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI.
TEACHERS TO LEARN ABOUT PLANT RESOURCES AND PROTECTION
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A TWO-HOUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SEMINAR ON HONG KONG PLANT RESOURCES AND THEIR PROTECTION WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY (DECEMBER 22).
THE SEMINAR IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SCIENCE SUBJECTS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE CHINESE MEDICINAL MATERIALS RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THIS SEMINAR WILL BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO TEACHERS OF SCIENCE, GEOGRAPHY, AND ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS. THEY ARE ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND AND THERE IS NO NEED TO APPLY FOR PARTICIPATION,+
ILLUSTRATED TALKS IN CANTONESE AND DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE SEMINAR, HE SAID.
THERE WILL BE TWO SPEAKERS, DR. PAUL BUT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND MR. S.P. LAU OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE BOTH EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF PLANT RESOURCES AND WILL PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH VALUABLE FIRST-HAND INFORMATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
DR. BUT WILL BE SPEAKING ON PLANT RESOURCES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MEDICINAL PLANTS, AND MR. LAU ON THE PROTECTION OF HABITATS AND THE CONSERVATION" OF SPECIES.
THEY WILL ALSO DRAW THE PARTICIPANTS' ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRE PREVENTION IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.
/THE DISCUSSIONS