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Friday, May 4, 1973
WATER POLLUTION SURVEY
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More than 16,700 pupils from 130 secondary schools will soon
take part in a water pollution survey of about 100 freshwater streams in
Hong Kong, Kowloon and the. New Territories...
The Science Teachers' Association and the Conservancy Association
have produced simple testing kits comprising chemicals, small test tubes
and diagrams as well as booklets in Chinese and English for free
distribution to the teams of students participating in the survey.
The first priority is to get students involved in practical
studies in integrated science and an awareness of the social responsibility
of science.
Data collected will be analysed by students under the direction
of the two Associations.
It is hoped that the whole project will provide
new information on the state of Hong Kong's streams. Each test will
take about 15 to 20 minutes.
A seminar on the organisation and conduct of the survey for
teachers leading the school survey teams will be held in the Chemistry
Lecture Theatre, University of Hong Kong next Wednesday, morning.
Mr. Terry Allsop, a science educator, and Dr. J. Hodgkiss, biologist, both of the University, will give an illustrated talk on
how the survey should be conducted.
Caltex
A representative of Caltex will also address the seminar,
contributed $10,000 towards the cost of the kits and the printing of
the booklets which will be distributed at the seminar to the teachers
by members of the Science Inspectorate of the Education Department.
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