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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1975

SCHOOLS TO JOIN FIGHT AGAINST AIR POLLUTION

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ABOUT 50 SCHOOLS ARE TO TAKE PART IN PROJECT WINDSHIFT+, WHICH IS A CONTINUOUS EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO PRODUCE UNIQUE LOCAL WIND PATTERN DATA TO ASSIST IN THE BATTLE AGAINST AIR POLLUTION.

THE PROJECT, WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, IS A JOINT EFFORT BY THREE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS – EDUCATION)

EDUCATION, LABOUR AND THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY - AND THE CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION, RANK XEROX IS FINANCING THE PROJECT AND PRINTING THE INSTRUCTION BOOKLETS FOR STUDENTS,

THIS PROJECT IS ANOTHER CONTRIBUTION BY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT. IT FOLLOWS THE CLEAN WATER+ SURVEY WHICH WAS CARRIED OUT IN MID-1973 DY 18.440 PUPILS. THAT SURVEY FOCUSES THE PROBLEM OF STREAM POLLUTION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES VERY WELL AND THE FINDINGS ARE REGARDED AS A USEFUL ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION ALREADY COLLECTED.

A SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AFTER THE CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS

TO LAUNCH *PROJECT WINDSHIFT+.

EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL WILL BE GIVEN A +HOME-MADE+ ANEMOMETER, THE PROTO-TYPE OF WHICH WAS INITIALLY PREPARED BY THE JOCKEY CLUB GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND MODIFIED. BY THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

THE INSTRUMENTS, PRODUCED BY A NUMBER OF SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, WILL BE CALIBRATED BY SCIENCE INSPECTORS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BASED ON STANDARDS SET BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.

THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF GIVING CONSISTENT AND ACCURATE WIND SPEED READINGS. THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL ADVISE THE SCHOOLS WHERE TO PLACE THE INSTRUMENTS TO OBTAIN THE BEST RESULTS.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WILL BE ASKED TO MAKE TWO READINGS EACH DAY TO COMPARE WITH THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY'S OBSERVATIONS AT WAGLAN ISLAND, KING'S PARK AND CHEUNG CHAU.

+AT THE END OF THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR, THE RESULTS FROM EACH SCHOOL WILL BE COLLATED, COMPILED AND ANALYSED BY COMPUTER TO PRESENT THE LOCAL VARIATIONS IN VIND PATTERN+, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

+THESE RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED AND GIVEN TO THE GOVERNMENT PLANNING AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL.+

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IT IS PLANNED