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Friday, March 29, 1974

STUDY OF POLLUTION PROBLEMS

Some 2,000 pupils from ten secondary schools will see various

kinds of land and sea pollution next Thursday when they go on a harbour

cruise in twc triple decker ferries with 217 student-teachers and 25

lecturers of Sir Robert Black College of Education, one of the three

teacher training colleges run by the Education Department.

The cruise comes at the end of a three-week experimental scheme

of integrated subject teaching, the theme of which is "Protection of

the Environment."

During the four-hour trip, the pupils will study many examplos

of pollution which are clearly visible in such areas as Gin Drinker's Bay,

Lyemun Pass, Ap Lei Chau, Quarry Bay and Picnic Bay.

Since March 18, second year student-teachers, under the supervision

of their lecturers, have taken over the entire time-table of Form 1 classes

at 12 secondary schools by integrating the various school subjects and

concentrating them under one theme.

The Acting Principal of Sir Robert Black College of Education,

Mrs. Nanette Fung, said today: "We are very grateful to the Principals of

the 12 schools for their co-operation.

Without their willingness to allow

this experiment, the project would never have got off the ground."

The schedule of work for the three weeks has been carefully balanced

to give the various subjects a sufficient quota of periods for teaching and

project work, plus visits to nearby sites for environment studies, she said.

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