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DESCRIBING THE MILITARY ITEMS DISCOVERED, MR BARNES SAID NONE OF THE ITEMS FOUND BY THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WAS HAZARDOUS IN ANY WAY.
AMONG THE ITEMS FOUND BY THE MILITARY SEARCH ON NOVEMBER 10 WERE SIX SMALL EXPLOSIVE DETECTORS, EACH COMPRISING A TOUGH GLASS AMPOULE CONTAINING ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF A TEASPOONFUL OF 8LPHURIC ACID.
THE GLASS AMPOULE WAS CONTAINED INSIDE A RIJID PLASTIC CONTAINER, WHICH IN TURN WAS HELD INSIDE A POLYTHENE SACHET.
THE SACHET WAS ITSELF INSIDE A RIGID PLASTIC SCREWTOP TUBE ABOUT ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER AND EIGHT INCHES IN LENGTH.
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IN THE LID OF THE TUBE WAS A SMALL BOTTLE FILLED WITH ALKALINE SUBSTANCE, WHICH ACTED AS A SAFETY MECHANISM
COUNTERACT THE EFFECTS OF THE ACID SHOULD ANY BE SPILLED.
EACH OUTER CONTAINER WAS CLEARLY MARKED WITH A HAZARD WARNING.
MR BARNES SAID THERE WAS NO DANGER TO THE PUBLIC IF THE ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT WERE NOT TAMPERED WITH.
STEPS FOR DEALING WITH SCHOOL 'DROPOUTS' OUTLINED
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR DEALING WITH SCHOOL DROPOUT CASES ARE KEPT UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN ARE PLACED IN SCHOOLS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE,
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ROSANNA TAM.
MR BRIDGE PRESENTED STATISTICS ON STUDENTS UNDER 15 STUDYING IN SECONDARY 3 OR BELOW WHO HAD WITHDRAWN FROM SCHOOL IN THR PAST THREE YEARS.
IN 1987-88, THE NUMBER OF GENUINE DROPOUT CASES IN SECONDARY TO 3 WAS 698, OUT OF A TOTAL OF 5,564 INVESTIGATIONS, WHILE THE ENROLMENT FOR THE YEAR STOOD AT 257,886.
THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES IN 1986-87 WERE 492, 4,241 AND 256,428; AND IN 1985-86 THEY WERE 318, 3,340 AND 248.700.
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