SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1980
IN ORDER TO FAMILIAR ISE TEACHERS WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE SURVEY, A SEMINAR WILL BE HELD FROM 9 AM TO 12.30 PM AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN KOWLOON ON JULY 14.
THREE EXPERTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION WILL BE GIVING TALKS AT THE SEMINAR.
MR F. MAK, HEAD OF THE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, WILL BE GIVING A BRIEF REVIEW OF THERMAL POLLUTION IN HONG KONG AND ALSO A LECTURE IN CALIBRATION AND USE OF HYGROMETERS+.
MR S.L. WAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION WILL TALK ON +MICRO-CLIMATE SURVEY AND CONSERVATION IN HONG KONG+ WHILE DR W.J. KYLE, A LECTURER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG'S DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY WILL SPEAK ON MICRO-CLIMATOLOGY AND MICRO-CLIMATE SURVEY IN HONG KONG.+
HEADS OF SCHOOLS WISHING TO JOIN THE SURVEY AND TO SEND THEIR TEACHERS TO THE SEMINAR ARE REQUESTED TO SEND APPLICATIONS BEFORE JULY 1 TO THE SENIOR INSPECTOR (GEOGRAPHY), ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, LEE GARDENS, FIFTH FLOOR, HONG KONG.
ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE AT THE GEOGRAPHY SECTION ON 5-774001 EXT 31 OR 44.
VOLUNTEERISM GAINS APPRECIATION AND RESPECT
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VOLUNTEERISM IN COMMUNITY SERVICES HAS GAINED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF APPRECIATION AND RESPECT IN HONG KONG, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
MR CHUI WAS SPEAKING AT THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY AND LADIES' NIGHT CHARITY BALL OF THE LIONS CLUB OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+LIONS AND LIONESSES HAVE SET GOOD EXAMPLES. INDEED, YOU MAY SAY THAT VOLUNTEERISM IS VERY MUCH AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE LIONS' SPIRIT IN ITS MANIFESTATION,+ HE SAID.
+THE NEW TERRITORIES COMMUNITIES ARE UNDERGOING RAPID CHANGE AND WITH IT THERE IS AN INCREASING NEED EVERYWHERE FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES, SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.+
MR CHUI SAID HE HAD NOTICED THE FINE AND MEANINGFUL WORK OF THE NEW TERRITORIES LIONS IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND CHARITY,
+YOUR SHARE OF THE WORK IN MAKING THE NEW TERRITORIES A BETTER PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN IS OF IMMENSE VALUE,+ HE SAID.
LAST YEAR, THE CLUB WAS ALSO ENGAGED IN THE PROMOTION OF CULTURE BY MAKING A GENEROUS DONATION OF $30 000 TO TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL TO BUY TWO GRAND TIANOS, MP CHUI ADDED.
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