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Topics will include safe handling of chemicals in school laboratories, material safety data sheet, control of chemical wastes and collection and disposal of chemical
wastes.
Representative of the Hong Kong Chemical Society and Senior Chemist of the Occupational Safety-Support Services Division of the Labour Department, Dr K S Leung; Laboratory Manager of Faculty Laboratory Centre of the City University of Hong Kong, Mr Silas Foo; Environmental Protection Officer of Waste and Waste Management Group of the Environmental Protection Department, Ms Shirley Yuen; and Laboratory Manager of the Enviropace Limited, Mr Lawrence Wong will address at the seminar.
A welcoming speech and an opening remark will respectively be given by the Chairman of Safety Committee of the City University of Hong Kong, Professor Rudolf Wu; and Principal Inspector (Physical Sciences) of the Education Department, Mr K B Chan.
All applications should be submitted through heads of secondary schools. Enquiries may be made at the Physical Sciences Section of the Education Department at 2892 6539 or 2892 6535.
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Drug education courses for secondary school teachers
Schools that still do not have teachers trained on drug education are urged to nominate their teachers to attend two one-and-a-half-day condensed courses on drug education for secondary school during the Christmas holiday. Teachers from other schools are also welcome to apply to the courses.
Nomination will be closed on Friday (December 13).
Organised by the Education Department, the courses aim to enhance teachers' knowledge on substance abuse and its effect to health, promote their understanding with substance abuse at schools, develop their skill and strategies for conducting preventive education against substance abuse at schools, and equip them with skills for helping pupils with substance abuse.
Speakers of the two courses are training personnel from the Community Drug Advisory Council and the Hong Kong Christian Society - PS 33.