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THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1976.

SEMINAR ON +PRACTICAL AQUATIC ECOLOGY+

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ABOUT 400 TEACHERS AND SENIOR STUDENTS WILL ATTEND A SEMINAR ON AN IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY PROJECT, +PRACTICAL AQUATIC ECOLOGY+, IN THE LECTURE THEATRE OF THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ON SATURDAY MORNING.

THE SEMINAR, ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION AND THE LIONS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303, IS A CONTINUATION OF THE +CLEAN WATER SURVEY+ WHICH WAS SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT BY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN MID-1973.

THE SEMINAR WILL BE OPENED BY PROFESSOR D.A. GRIFFITHS, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG,

DURING THE SEMINAR, DR. 1.J. HODGKISS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, AUTHOR OF THE SOURCE BOOK ON +PRACTICAL AQUATIC ECOLOGY+ WILL GIVE AN ILLUSTRATED TALK.

THE SOURCE BOOK IS INTENDED TO ALLEVIATE THE LACK OF RELEVANT LOCAL KEYS AND IDENTIFICATION GUIDES AND TO MEET THE NEED FOR SOME SUGGESTIONS WHICH BIOLOGY TEACHERS FACE WHEN THEY TEACH ECOLOGY.

AFTER A BRIEF SPEECH, MR. CHAUNCEY NG, DISTRICT GOVERNOR, LIONS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303, WILL PRESENT LIONS' SOUVENIRS TO ALL PARTIES CONCERNED IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY PROJECT.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY A LIONS' DONATION OF $8,000.

FROM NEXT WEEK ONWARDS, THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FROM 280 SECONDARY SCHOOLS TAKING PART IN THE PROJECT WILL BEGIN CARRYING OUT INVESTIGATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS IN FRESH WATER STREAMS AND MANGROVES IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE OPENING OF THE SEMINAR AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ON SATURDAY AT 10 A.M. COVERED.

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