FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1988
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SCIENCE MUSEUM TO OPEN IN AUGUST 1988
HONG KONG PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO VISIT THEIR MUSEUM
TSIM SHA AND TECHNOLOGY, BEING BUILT ON A PRIME SITE AT
URBAN COUNCIL, FROM AUGUST 1, 1990, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FORSGATE SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
OF SCIENCE
TSUI EAST, MR H.M.G.
SPEAKING AT THE GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL PROJECT, MR FORSGATE SAID THE WORLD-CLASS
RESIDENTS ROLE IN HELPING PLAY AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND WOULD KONG PEOPLE TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE.
$277 MILLION MUSEUM WOULD
KEEP ABREAST OF PREPARE YOUNG HONG
SAME TIME AS THE "THIS PROJECT IS BEING BUILT AT ABOUT THE
SURE THE MUSEUM AND UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND I AM UNIVERSITY WILL COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER IN THEIR RESPECTIVE EDUCATIONAL ROLES, HE ADDED.
"
AND
VISITORS TO THE FOUR-STOREY BUILDING WILL BE ABLE TO TOUCH
ON ABOUT HALF OF WHICH WILL BE BASED OPERATE MOST OF THE EXHIBITS
OTHER HALF THE
THE WORLD AND AROUND MUSEUMS BEST THOSE IN THE "ORIGINALS" CREATED JOINTLY BY LOCAL AND OVERSEAS DESIGNERS.
THESE EXHIBITS WILL EMPHASISE BASIC SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENA, TO HIGHLIGHT THE MODERN TECHNOLOGY USED IN VIEW IT AGAINST CHINA'S TECHNOLOGICAL HERITAGE.
PRINCIPLES
HONG KONG
AND AND
"I TO THE THE MUSEUM WILL BE THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD THAT IS "OPEN'
BE ABLE TO OUTSIDE WORLD IN THAT A VISITOR INSIDE THE BUILDING WILL PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE BEYOND ITS WALLS.
FOR EXAMPLE, A VISITOR WILL BE ABLE TO STEP ON TO A BALCONY WITH A
CAR OR STUDY APPROACHING
THE RADAR GUN TO MEASURE THE SPEED OF AN RRADING OF A SEISMOGRAPH AS A HEAVY DOUBLE-DECKER BUS PASSES BY.
DEAL
WITH
DIFFERENT
THEME:
COMMUNICATION
A EACH FLOOR OF THE MUSEUM WILL PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND LIFE SCIENCE, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, AND TRANSPORT, AND SCIENCE AROUND US.
SPACE HAS BEEN
BETWEEN RESERVED
1983
AND THE THIRD THE SECOND
IN DONATED
BY AIRCRAFT "BETSY" FLOORS FOR THE HISTORIC DC-3 CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS AND "IN WHICH I HAVE FLOWN," MR FORSGATE SAID.
KONG JOCKEY THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO
HE ALSO THANKED THE SHELL COMPANY, THE ROYAL HONG CLUB AND HONG KONG TELECOMMUNICATION LTD FOR THE MUSEUM PROJECT.
COMPANIES
EXHIBITS,
A MAKE
INDIVIDUALS FOR "1 WOULD LIKE TO
OFFERING FINE EXAMPLE THEIR ΤΟ FOLLOW MR FORSGATE ADDED.
PLEA
BY
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AND PRIVATE TO SPONSOR
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