MONDAY, JULY 18, 1994
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FIRST SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT PAIRING PROJECT LAUNCHED
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STUDENTS FROM TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
PART WILL TAKE COUNTERPARTS IN CANADA
IN HONG KONG AND IN A PILOT SCHEME
THEIR
ΤΟ
STUDY COMPUTER
HARBOUR WATER QUALITY AND EXCHANGE DATA AND FINDINGS THROUGH AND FACSIMILE NETWORKS.
KIND
LAUNCHED
IN HONG
KONG,
THE
SCHOOL
CO-OPERATION
HONG KONG IN
THE FIRST OF ITS PAIRING PROJECT IS ORGANISED UNDER THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SIGNED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF
MUTUAL FACILITATE AND CANADA WITH AN AIM TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INITIATIVES.
AND CANADA, STUDENTS AND
BY PAIRING UP SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG TEACHERS IN THE TWO PLACES WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO EXCHANGE THEIR IDEAS, VALUES AND SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
IS
FUNDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEF, THE PROJECT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE
ΤΟ BE TO ENABLE STUDENTS AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS.
COLLEGE QUEEN'S
IN A PART
FIVE-DAY
TWELVE FORM 6 STUDENTS FROM CO-EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE WILL TAKE STUDY THE WATER QUALITY OF THE HARBOURS IN HONG KONG.
THEY WILL COLLECT WATER SAMPLES
ACTUALLY
AND ST PAUL'S TO PROGRAMME
FROM SAI KUNG AND VICTORIA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
HARBOUR AND WILL CONDUCT TESTS AT THE KADOORIE CENTRE ON VARIOUS WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS SUCH AS THE STRATIFICATION, TRANSPARENCY, DISSOLVED OXYGEN LEVEL, ODOUR AND E COLI.
PROJECT WILL MEANWHILE, STUDENTS IN CANADA TAKING PART IN THE
FINDINGS WILL BE COMPILED INTO ALSO CONDUCT SIMILAR STUDIES. THE
WILL ALSO BE REPORTS WHICH THEY WILL EXCHANGE WITH EACH OTHER. THEY
TELEPHONE, COMPUTER ABLE TO SHARE THEIR VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE THROUGH AND FACSIMILE NETWORKS DURING AND AFTER THE STUDY.
ABOUT
BY
THE VISITING LAM" AND THE
ABLE TO KNOW MORE STUDENTS IN HONG KONG WILL BE MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND EPD'S MARINE WATER MONITORING WORK THE DEPARTMENT'S WATER MONITORING VESSEL "DR CATHERINE MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY AT REVENUE TOWER.
THE
PROJECT AT REVENUE SPEAKING AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE
ACTING DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOWER THIS MORNING (MONDAY),
AWARENESS LAW, SAID IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL ROBERT PROTECTION, MR
ADVANCED COUNTRIES AS THE THROUGH EDUCATION WAS CONSIDERED BY MANY BEST LONG TERM SOLUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROJECT,
GLOBALLY AND ACT
LOCALLY"
TO
HE HOPED THAT AS A RESULT OF THE STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO "THINK HELP MAKE OUR PLANET A BETTER PLACE ON WHICH TO LIVE.
CEREMONY
FOR
MR
EDUCATION
WERE THE SENIOR TRADE
SCOTT CANADA,
MULLIN,
MR DEPARTMENT,
THE
SIMON
HO,
AND
ALSO PRESENT AT THE
COMMISSION COMMISSIONER OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (ENVIRONMENT) MISS MARY CHOW.
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