WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1980
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WINNERS SELECTED IN VEGETABLE GARDENING COMPETITION
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TAI PO GOVERNMENT PRIMARY PM SCHOOL HAS BEEN AWARDED THE OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP AT A VEGETABLE PLANTING COMPETITION.
THE FIRST RUNNER-UP IS HENNESSY ROAD GOVERNMENT PRIMARY AM SCHOOL AND THE ISLAND ROAD GOVERNMENT PM SCHOOL CAME THIRD.
THE WINNERS WERE SELECTED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY A PANEL OF JUDGES HEADED BY MR C.S. PAO, HORTICULTURIST OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT FROM AMONG 16 GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS WHICH TOOK PART IN THE COMPETITION,
THEY WERE LATER PRESENTED WITH PRIZES BY MRS RUBY LAU, PRINCIPAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (PRIMARY) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND PUPILS FROM THESE SCHOOLS ALSO ATTENDED TODAY'S JUDGING AND PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY AT THE DEPARTMENT'S TEACHING CENTRE AT 4 PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT.
THE COMPETITION WAS ORGANISED BY THE PRIMARY SCIENCE SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE. PUPILS TOOK PART IN THE COMPETITION GREW TOMATO, SWEETPEA AND BROCCOLI IN POTS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF TEACHERS.
ALL THE ENTRIES ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE TEACHING CENTRE TODAY AND TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.