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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1980
VEGETABLE GARDENING COMPETITION
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JUDGING OF THIS YEAR'S VEGETABLE GARDENING COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND PARTICIPATED BY 16 GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 23).
THE PARTICIPANTS ARE GROWING TOMATO, SWEET PEA AND BROCCOLI, ALL OF WHICH ARE SUITABLE FOR GROWING IN WINTER IN HONG KONG. THE SEEDS WERE PROVIDED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
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+THE VEGETABLE PLANTING COMPETITION IS A MEANINGFUL EXERCISE THROUGH WHICH PUPILS HAVE THE CHANCE TO PRACTISE WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM TEXTBOOKS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
+PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS ALSO FIND THIS EVENT FEASIBLE BECAUSE THE VEGETABLES ARE GROWN IN POTS THUS SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF INSUFFICIENT GARDENING PLOTS.
THE COMPETITION WAS HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR AS PART OF THE JOINT GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS EXHIBITION.
SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION BEGAN PLANTING THE THREE VEGETABLES LAST SEPTEMBER. ALL THE WORK, FROM SEED PLANTING TO HARVEST, WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE PUPILS THEMSELVES UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF TEACHERS.
DURING THIS PERIOD, OFFICERS FROM THE PRIMARY SCIENCE SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE VISITED THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND HELPED TEACHERS IN CHARGE WITH ANY PROBLEMS THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
JUDGING WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S TEACHING CENTRE AT 4 PAK FUK ROAD, FIRST FLOOR, NORTH POINT, ON WEDNESDAY.
THE PANEL OF JUDGES COMPRISE MR C.S. PAO, HORTICULTURIST OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, AND OFFICERS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE.
MRS RUBY LAU, PRINCIPAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (PRIMARY) WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO THE WINNERS.
AN EXHIBITION OF ALL THE ENTRIES TO THE COMPETITION WILL BE HELD AT THE TEACHING CENTRE ON JANUARY 23 AND 24, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
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