WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1984
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+THESE POLLUTANTS CAN CAUSE OR EXACERBATE LUNG DISEASES SUCH AS BRONCHITIS, EMPHYSEMA AND ASTHMA AND HAVE BEEN LINKED WITH CANCERS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACTS.
+STATISTICS ON HOSPITAL ADMITTANCE FOR THE 82-83 YEAR SHOW THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 102 000 PATIENTS WITH LUNG CONDITION, A GREAT PROPORTION OF THEM SMOKERS. THIS WAS ABOUT 10 TIMES THE ADMISSION RESULTING FROM TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
+ONE OF THE MAIN WEAPONS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AIR POLLUTION IS THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE (1983), WHICH CAN BE USED TO CONTROL AIR EMISSION FROM POWER STATIONS AND FACTORIES. THERE ARE ALSO CONTROL MEASURES AVAILABLE IN THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE TO DEAL WITH AIR POLLUTION FROM MOTOR VEHICLES,+ HE SAID.
PROMOTING DISTANCE MANAGEMENT LEARNING
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A RESOURCE CENTRE TO PROMOTE DISTANCE MANAGEMENT LEARNING IN HONG KONG, IS BEING SET UP BY THE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT
CENTRE (MDC) OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF MDC, DR R. TRICKER.
DISTANCE MANAGEMENT LEARNING, HE SAID, ENABLED INDIVIDUAL MANAGERS TO LEARN AT A TIME, PACE AND PLACE WHICH SUITED THEM.
MANAGEMENT TEACHERS AND TRAINERS COULD OBTAIN HELP AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MDC'S RESOURCE CENTRE ON HOW TO ADOPT DISTANCE LEARNING TO MEET THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF THEIR OWN ESTABLISHMENTS, HE SAID.
+THE CENTRE WILL TAKE THE LEAD IN POOLING RESOURCES FOR THE PREPARATION OF LEARNING MATERIALS AND SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG OWNER-MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS,+ DR TRICKER ADDED.
TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF DISTANCE LEARNING HERE, A MANAGEMENT EXPERT FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM HAD BEEN BROUGHT IN BY THE MDC TO CONDUCT A WORKSHOP FOR SOME 50 MANAGEMENT TEACHERS AND TRAINERS TODAY.
AT THE WORKSHOP PROFESSOR TOM KEMPNER, PRINCIPAL OF THE MANAGEMENT COLLEGE AT HENLEY, ENGLAND, EXPLAINED THAT A WELL- DESIGNED DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMME ENCOURAGED INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LEARNING WITH THE STUDENT, WHILE TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT TEACHING RELIED ON TEACHERS TO CARRY STUDENTS THROUGH THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM IN CLASSROOMS.
PROF. KEMPNER WILL PRESENT ANOTHER LECTURE ON MAJOR TRENDS THAT WILL AFFECT MANAGEMENT IN FUTURE, AT THE MDC TOMORROW EVENING.
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