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FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1975

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REFRESHER COURSE FOR BIOLOGY TEACHERS

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A SIX-DAY REFRESHER COURSE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NEW 1977 MATRICULATION BIOLOGY SYLLABUS WILL BEGIN AT THE SCIENCE CENTRE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG ON MONDAY (AUGUST 11).

40 BIOLOGY TEACHERS WILL TAKE PART IN THE COURSE WHICH IS ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.

CONTENTS OF THE COURSE INCLUDE FUNGI, GENETICS, ECOLOGY, AND ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR. ARTHUR BROWN, WILL ADDRESS THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.

PROFESSOR L.B. THROWER. HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND HIS STAFF WILL CONDUCT THE COURSE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE OPENING CEREMONY ON MONDAY COVERED. IT WILL BEGIN AT 9.30 A.M. IN LECTURE ROOM 5 OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY'S SCIENCE CENTRE.

COPIES OF A PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE ARE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN THE GIS PRESS BOXES.

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