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WHILE CONGRATULATING THE RECRUITS, MR BREDBURY WARNED THEM THERE WERE MANY NEW CHALLENGES AHEAD OF THEM.
+FOR THE MOST PART YOUR DUTIES WILL BE TO DESPATCH FIRE APPLIANCES AND AMBULANCES TO THE MANY EMERGENCIES WHICH OCCUR EVERY DAY. AND YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AN EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DURING SUCH EMERGENCIES.
+FOR WITHOUT ACCURATE INFORMATION AND EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION, THE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. +
MR BREDBURY SAID THAT WITH PERSEVERANCE THE RECRUITS COULD ADJUST THEIR SOCIAL LIVES TO THE NEED OF THE SERVICE AND FIND THE NEW VOCATION A VERY REWARDING EXPERIENCE.
SEMINARS FOR ECONOMICS, SCIENCE, CHEMISTRY TEACHERS
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOLDING SEMINARS ON ECONOMICS, SCIENCE AND CHEMISTRY WITH THE FIRST, ON QUANTITY THEORY OF MONEY FOR HONG KONG ADVANCED LEVEL ECONOMICS TEACHERS, BEING HELD AT THE LECTURE THEATRE OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
THE SEMINAR, THE EIGHTH IN THE SERIES, WILL AGAIN BE JOINTLY HELD BY THE ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE AND THE HONG KONG EXAMINATION AUTHORITY. IT WILL FOCUS ON VARIOUS TOPICS IN THE 1986 HONG KONG ADVANCED LEVEL ECONOMICS SYLLABUS.
ANOTHER SEMINAR ON SCIENCE TEACHING FOR NEW TEACHERS WILL
BE HELD AT HO LAP COLLEGE IN SAN PO KONG ON OCTOBER 26.
ORGANISED BY THE SCIENCE SUBJECTS SECTION OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE IT IS AIMED AT INTRODUCING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SCIENCE TEACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO NEW TEACHERS OF PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, HUMAN BIOLOGY AND INTEGRATED SCIENCE.
FOUR REPEATED SEMINARS ON INTRODUCTION TO TEACHER ASSESSMENT SCHEME FOR ADVANCED LEVEL CHEMISTRY PRACTICAL WILL BE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG EXAMINATION AUTHORITY, THE DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE AIM OF THE SEMINAR, DESIGNED FOR ADVANCED LEVEL CHEMISTRY TEACHERS, IS TO INTRODUCE THE NATURE OF THE TEACHER ASSESSMENT SCHEME INCLUDING ITS PHILOSOPHY, OPERATION AND SUPERVISION.
THE SEMINARS WILL BE HELD AT THE SCIENCE TEACHING CENTRE AT PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT, BETWEEN OCTOBER 5 AND 26.
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