SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1989
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE VARIETY SHOW WILL BE ATTENDED BY 800 YIN NGAI MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
ABOUT
NOTE TO EDITORS:
CEREMONY MARKING
THE YIN
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE ANTI-NARCOTICS VARIETY SHOW NIGHT TO BE HELD TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT
OCEAN OCEAN PALACE RESTAURANT ON THE FOURTH FLOOR.
5 CENTRE. ROAD. TSIM SHA TSUI. THE CEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT 7.30 PM.
SEMINAR ON SCHOOL-BASED CURRICULUM PROJECTS
NGAI
THE
CANTON
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE WILL HOLD TWO IDENTICAL SEMINARS ON SCHOOL-BASED CURRICULUM PROJECTS IN THE SUBJECT OF ENGLISH FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
THE TWO HALF-DAY SEMINARS WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 31 AT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE AT 9A. BONHAM ROAD IN MID-LEVELS.
THERE WILL BE DISCUSSIONS ON THE OBJECTIVES OF SCHOOL-BASED CURRICULUM PROJECTS. THEIR PLANNING. DESIGN. TRIAL AND EVALUATION AT
THE SEMINARS.
PRIMARY SCHOOL HEADS ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT THE NAMES OF THE TEACHERS WHO WISH TO ATTEND A SEMINAR ΤΟ THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE BEFORE OCTOBER 19.
WORSHIPPERS URGED TO PREVENT FIRES
PEOPLE OBSERVING THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL ARE REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE NOT TO CAUSE FIRES WHEN BURNING JOSS STICKS AND PAPER TRIBUTES IN WORSHIPPING THEIR ANCESTORS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE NUMBER OF FIRES CAUSED BY THE BURNING OF JOSS STICKS AND PAPER TRIBUTES WAS ALWAYS HIGHER IN THE GRAVE-SWEEPING PERIODS OF APRIL AND OCTOBER THAN IN THE REST OF THE YEAR.
IN APRIL ALONE. 16 OUT OF THE 112 SUCH FIRES IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. OCCURRED. LAST YEAR. 43 SUCH CASES OCCURRED IN APRIL AND 61 OCCURRED IN OCTOBER. OUT OF A TOTAL OF 208
CASES.
/"WORSHIPPERS MUST