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Three experts from Australia, Singapore and the United Kingdom will be giving talks. Participants will also be briefed on the future Hong Kong legal fran.ework and government strategy in safety management.
The symposium is designed for managers and supervisors in industries and construction companies as well as people who are responsible for safety and health at work. It will be held at J W Marriott Hotel, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong.
Enrolment fee (including lunch) per person is $500. Forms can be obtained from the Labour Department's Industrial Safety Training Centre, 13th floor, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, and all branch offices of the Factory Inspectorate Division.
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For enquiries, please call 2852 3562 during office hours.
Application for Putonghua summer courses grant invited
Primary and secondary schools are invited to apply for an Education Department grant to organise a 20-hour introductory Putonghua course for their students during the summer holidays in 1996.
Applications are open to government, aided and caput schools, all English Schools Foundation institutions and special schools (except those for the severely mentally handicapped), which can not at present offer Putonghua as a subject within school hours or as a special programme after school hours.
The course is part of the Government's three-year programme to provide Putonghua education from 1996 to 1998 to schools which do not yet have formal Putonghua classes.
The course will be free to students. The school will receive a grant of $5,400 per class. Each primary school may apply to run up to two classes and each secondary school four. Related seminars will be organised for teachers and teaching materials provided for their reference.
Relevant circulars have been sent to schools. Applications should be received by the department by April 22.
Enquiries may be directed to the Chinese and Chinese History Section, Advisory Inspectorate, Education Department on 2892 6477 and 2892 6538.
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