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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1976
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS MADE DETERMINED EFFORTS TO INTRODUCE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS OF SCHOOL ING IN HONG KONG, MR. A.J. REEVE, ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), SAID TODAY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE JOINT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT FESTIVAL.
+ALTHOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES IS NOT TREATED AS AN INDEPENDENT SUBJECT IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM, THE PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY, CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT ARE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS CONTINUOUSLY AT EVERY LEVEL FROM PRIMARY ONE TO UPPER VI AND WITHIN VARIOUS DISCIPLINES SUCH AS THE SCIENCES, SOCIAL STUDIES AND GEOGRAPHY,+ HE POINTED OUT.
IN ADDITION, HE SAID, THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HAD APPROVED NEW PROVISIONAL SYLLABUSES FOR INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES BOTH OF WHICH INCLUDED A GREAT DEAL OF STUDY, OBSERVATION AND PRACTICAL WORK ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION, POLLUTION AND POPULATION.
AT THE SAME TIME, MR. REEVE ADDED, GOVERNMENT WAS VERY INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHING A FIELD STUDIES CENTRE ON A PERMANENT BASIS SINCE THE PROTOTYPE FIELD STUDIES CAMP ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THE TWO UNIVERSITIES HAD PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THE PROGRAMMES OF THE JOINT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT FESTIVAL WHICH WERE DESCRIBED BY MR. REEVE AS +HIGHLY ORGANISED AND AMBITIOUS+ INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AN EXHIBITION, A FORUM, A WORK CAMP AND FILM SHOWS.
MR. REEVE ALSO CONGRATULATED THE PARTICIPANTS ON THE IR + INITIATIVE AND ENTERPRISE+ AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THIS FESTIVAL WOULD BE THE FIRST OF MANY SIMILAR FESTIVALS.
WATER CUT ***
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN TSIM SHA TSUI WILL BE INTERRUPTED FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M. ON SATURDAY (AUGUST 28) TO ALLOW THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT A NIGHT LEAKAGE TEST.
THE AFFECTED AREA IS BOUNDED BY NATHAN ROAD BETWEEN AUSTIN ROAD AND MIDDLE ROAD, CARNARVON ROAD, CAMERON ROAD, CHATHAM ROAD, HART AVENUE AND HANOI ROAD, INCLUDING PRAT AVENUE.
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