SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1989
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CHILDREN DEMONSTRATE TALENTS IN VEGETABLE GROWING
JUDGING IN A COMPETITION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN GROWING VEGETABLES IN POTS WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 24)
IN
THE COMPETITION HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
SCHOOLS.
IT HAS ATTRACTED MORE THAN 400 ENTRIES FROM 114 PRIMARY
JUDGING WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S INSPECTORATE TEACHING CENTRE AT 4 PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT.
ADVISORY
THE COMPETITION AIMS AT PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY POR PRIMARY PUPILS TO LEARN, THROUGH PARTICIPATION AND OBSERVATION, THE SHAPE, STRUCTURE AND GROWTH OF PLANTS, AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF PLANTS FOR BEAUTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENT.
SEEDS OF FIVE SPECIES
AND CAULIFLOWER
RADISH, LETTUCE, SWEET PEA, TOMATO SUITABLE FOR GROWING IN POTS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS IN SEPTEMBER.
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INFORMATION AND TECHNIQUES ON VEGETABLE GROWING ALSO PROVIDED TO SCHOOLS AT A SEMINAR LATE LAST YEAR WERE GIVEN BY THE HORTICULTURIST (VEGETABLE) OF THE FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR K.Y. HO.
IN POTS WERE AT WHICH TALKS AGRICULTURE AND
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VEGETABLES IN POTS OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, FROM SEEDLINGS TO FULL-GROWN PLANTS WAS ACHIEVED BY THE CHILDREN UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THEIR TEACHERS.
A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE HONG KONG TEACHERS' CENTRE, HOUSED IN THE SAME BUILDING AS THE ADVISORY. INSPECTORATE TEACHING CENTRE,
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE JUDGING ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE SENIOR CROP DEVELOPMENT OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MISS VERA SO, WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO WINNERS.
ALL ENTRIES WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT A THREE-DAY EXHIBITION AT THE CENTRE WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY (JANUARY 26).
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT AT THE HONG KONG TEACHERS' CENTRE AT 4 PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT, ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 24), BEGINNING AT 2.30 PM.
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