SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1984
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VEGETABLE-GROWING COMPETITION
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PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE URBAN AREA ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE URBAN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN VEGETABLE GROWING COMPETITION BY CULTIVATING VEGETABLES IN POTS.
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, THE COMPETITION IS TO BE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS: HONG KONG ISLAND PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND KOWLOON PENINSULA PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS MAY SUBMIT A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT POTS, COMPRISING FOUR SPECIES, WHICH CAN GROW IN POTS UNDER THE WINTER CLIMATE OF HONG KONG.
ALL ENTRIES MUST REACH THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE TEACHING CENTRE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT 4 PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT, ON FEBRUARY 5, 1985.
THE COMPETITION AIMS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR URBAN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT THE SHAPE, STRUCTURE AND GROWTH OF PLANTS THROUGH PARTICIPATION AND OBSERVATION. THE EVENT WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE URBAN SCHOOL CHILDREN TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF PLANTS FOR BEAUTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENT.
TO PROVIDE TEACHERS WITH THE INFORMATION AND TECHNIQUES ON VEGETABLE GROWING IN POTS, A SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE COMPETITION MAY BE MADE WITH
A HORTICULTURIST OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR K.Y. HO, (0-901161) OR WITH AN INSPECTOR OF THE PRIMARY SCIENCE SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MR Y. Y. CHAN (5-8392466).
RESERVOIR SLOPE WORK
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR REMEDIAL WORK TO EXISTING SLOPES BEHIND THE SHA TIN NORTH FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR AT TUNG LO WAN HILL ROAD.
THE WORK, CONSISTING MAINLY OF CUTTING BACK THE EXISTING SOIL SLOPES AND REMOVING ABOUT 18 000 CUBIC METRES OF CUT MATERIAL, IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT NINE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
TENDERS MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD AND PLACED IN THE TENDER BOX SITUATED IN THE LOBBY OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (EAST WING), LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG, BY NOON ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21.
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