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ETV-HONG KONG INVITED TO JOIN LONDON EXHIBITION

THE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

HAS BEEN INVITED TO MAKE A SPECIAL DISPLAY AT INTER NAVEX 74, THE

INTERNATIONAL AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION, TO BE

HELD FROM JULY 16 TO 19 AT OLYMPIA, LONDON.

INTER NAVEX, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL EVENT, HAS THE LARGEST

ATTENDANCE IN THE WORLD FOR ANY AUDIO-VISUAL CONFERENCE AND

EXHIBITION, AND FEATURES THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN AUDIO-VISUAL

AIDS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS.

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MR. COLVYN HAYE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND HEAD

OF THE ETV SERVICE, SAID TODAY: WE ARE PREPARING THE EXHIBITS

AND HOPE TO SEND THEM TO LONDON BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. THE

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EXHIBITS INCLUDE COPIES OF ETV JOURNALS, PUPILS NOTES AND PRODUCT-

IONS. STILL PHOTOGRAPHS AND TRANSPARANCIES SHOWING THE FACILITIES

AND SCOPE OF THE SERVICE WILL ALSO BE SENT AT THE SAME TIME.+

ETV-HONG KONG HAS ATTRACTED INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION SINCE THE

LAUNCHING OF THE SERVICE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN 1971.

DURING A RECENT STUDY VISIT, MR. ALEXANDER B. EDINGTON,

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND RESEARCH AT THE CENTRE FOR EDUCATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT OVERSEAS (CEDO), LONDON, DESCRIBED ETV-HK AS ONE OF

THE MOST EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SERVICES IN THE WORLD,

WHICH IS UNIQUE IN ITS PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES, SCOPE AND COST-

EFFECTIVENESS.

MR. EDINGTON WAS PREPARING A RESEARCH PAPER ON THE USE OF

NEW MEDIA FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES IN THE COMMONWEALTH‡, WHICH

WILL BE TABLED AT THE NEXT COMMONWEALTH MINISTERS OF EDUCATION

CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN JAMAICA IN JUNE.

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