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A spokesman for the Education Department reminded school heads that the closing dates for nomination of secondary school teachers and primary school teachers are January 15 and January 20 respectively. Completed nomination form should reach the department on or before the closing dates.
The two three-day courses on drug education for secondary school teachers, jointly organised by the department's Biological Sciences Section and the Community Drug Advisory Council, will be held between January 27 and March 21.
The courses offer experiential learning to participants so as to enable them to build up confidence and ability of conducting preventive drug education in school.
The two one-day courses for primary school teachers to be held on February 8 and 9 consist of three talks given by experts in the field and a workshop on teaching drug education in primary schools.
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54 new building plans approved in October 95
The Buildings Department approved 54 building plans in October 1995.
Of the plans. 16 are for Hong Kong Island, 13 for Kowloon and 25 for the New Territories.
The approved plans include 14 for apartment and apartment/commercial developments, 14 for commercial developments. 13 for factory and industrial developments, and 13 for community services developments.
In the same month, consent was given for work to start on 43 building projects, which involve 122,130 square metres of usable domestic floor area and 158,473 square metres of usable non-domestic floor area.
During the same period, the department also issued 23 Occupation Permits nine for Hong Kong Island, three for Kowloon and 11 for the New Territories.