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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1976

WORKSHOP ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCIENCE EQUIPMENT

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FIFTY SCIENCE TEACHERS WILL ATTEND A WORKSHOP TOMORROW ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DECADE RESISTANCE BOX AND A LOW COST GALVANOMETER JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SCIENCE SUBJECTS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION.

THE NEW JUNIOR SECONDARY SCIENCE CURRICULUM EMPHASISES INVESTIGATION, OBSERVATION, EXPERIMENT AND DISCOVERY BY

THE PUPILS THEMSELVES, WHICH IN TURN LEADS TO A GREAT DEMAND FOR SIMPLE LABORATORY EQUIPMENT.

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THE AIM OF THE WORKSHOP, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE JOCKEY CLUB GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL, IS TO ENCOURAGE SCIENCE TEACHERS TO CONSTRUCT HOME-MADE APPARATUS AT MUCH LOWER COST TO AUGMENT SCHOOLS' LIMITED LABORATORY FACILITIES.

THE DEPARTMENT'S SCIENCE SUBJECTS SECTION AND THE ASSOCIATION HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOME-MADE APPARATUS.

ACCESS TO P.O. BOXES ON HOLIDAYS

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THE POSTMASTER GENERAL HAS BEEN CONSULTING THE GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT TO SEE WHETHER IT IS PRACTICABLE TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE NEW GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO POST OFFICE BOXES ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS WITHOUT COMPROMISING SECURITY.

THIS WAS STATED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY BY THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. DAVID JEAFFRESON, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. ROGER LOBO.

MR. JEAFFRESON SAID POST OFFICE BOXES IN THE NEW BUILDING HAVE BEEN MADE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE MAIN HALL AND FOR SECURITY REASONS, HIRERS OF THE BOXES COULD COLLECT THEIR MAIL ONLY WHEN THE GENERAL POST OFFICE WAS OPEN.

+ IN THE OLD GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, ACCESS TO THE POST OFFICE BOXES WAS FROM A SEPARATE ENTRANCE, HE SAID. +SO HIRERS OF THE BOXES COULD COLLECT THEIR MAIL FROM 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M. DAILY, INCLUDING SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE SECURITY OF THE BUILDING AS A WHOLE WHEN THE MAIN GENERAL POST OFFICE WAS SHUT.+

+UNDER THIS ARRANGEMENT, SOME HIRERS APPARENTLY COMPLAINED AT THE LACK OF ACCESS TO THE BOXES FROM THE MAIN HALL OF THE POST OFFICE, HE ADDED.

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