SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1985
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CHEMISTRY TEACHERS ATTEND SEMINAR
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SOME 400 SECONDARY SCHOOL CHEMISTRY TEACHERS TODAY
(SATURDAY) ATTENDED A SEMINAR ON METAL CORROSION AND PROTECTION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG CHEMICAL SOCIETY AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE FIRST MEETING OF THE TWO-DAY SEMINAR WAS HELD AT KEI CHI MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS MORNING WHILE THE SECOND MEETING WILL BE HELD NEXT SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 30).
THE AIM OF THE SEMINAR WAS TO GIVE THE PARTICIPANTS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLE AND FORMS OF METAL CORROSION, CORROSION CONTROL AND PROTECTION METHODS, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE USE OF ELECTROPLATING IN CORROSION PROTECTION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
AT TODAY'S SEMINAR, DR T.T. KAM, CHEMIST OF GOVERNMENT LABORATORY, GAVE TWO ILLUSTRATED TALKS ON METAL CORROSION AND CORROSION PROTECTION.
NEXT SATURDAY, MR M.K. LAU, SENIOR LECTURER OF HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC'S DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED SCIENCE, WILL GIVE LECTURE TO THE PARTICIPANTS ON THE USE OF ELECTROPLATING IN CORROSION PROTECTION. THERE WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSION SESSIONS, A FILM SHOW AND AN EXHIBITION.
ACCORDING TO SOME PARTICIPANTS TODAY, THE SEMINAR WAS VERY USEFUL AS IT WAS IN LINE WITH THE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE'S SYLLABUS FOR CHEMISTRY FOR FORMS 4 AND 5 AND THE HONG KONG ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS.
CUSTOMS WORK ON DISPLAY *****
A LARGE NUMBER OF YOUTHS FLOCKED TO EDINBURGH PLACE TODAY (SATURDAY) TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES THE WORK OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT AT A CAREERS EXHIBITION.
FOLLOWING AN OPENING CEREMONY BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR HARNAM GREWAL, A SERIES OF DEMONSTRATIONS WERE STAGED TO SHOW THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE JOB OF CUSTOMS OFFICERS, INCLUDING A DRUG DETECTION DOG SHOW AND A DEMONSTRATION OF THE USE OF METAL DETECTOR.
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