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THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1977.

SCIENCE EXHIBITION SHOWS INITIATIVE OF STUDENTS

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID THAT THE 10TH JOINT SCHOOL SCIENCE EXHIBITION +SHOWS REAL INITIATIVE ON THE PART OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATING, AND IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO SEE WHAT OUR STUDENTS STUDY IN THE SCIENTIFIC FIELD AND HOW WORTHWHILE THESE STUDIES ARE.+

SIR MURRAY WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING TODAY OF THE EXHIBITION HELD IN THE EXHIBITION HALL OF CITY HALL.

HE NOTED THAT IT IS THE TENTH IN THE SERIES OF SCHOOLS SCIENCE EXHIBITIONS, WITH YEARLY CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND ADVICE FROM THE EDUCTION DEPARTMENT.

THIS YEAR 20 SCHOOLS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE EXHIBITION BY CONTRIBUTING ABOUT 27 PROJECTS GROUPED UNDER SEVEN HEADINGS: +MYSTERIES OF LIVING ORGANISMS+ + INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE+ +PHOTOMETRY+, +FUN WITH MATHEMATICS+, +MAN AND THE SEA+, +ELECTRONICS+ AND +MORE ABOUT SCIENCE+.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 9.30 A.M. TO 4 P.M. EACH DAY FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO AUGUST 8.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR:

→IT GIVES ME VERY GREAT PLEASURE TO BE PRESENT HERE TODAY. THE 20 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND THE ENTHUSIASTIC ORGANISING COMMITTEE, WHICH CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS, HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE THIS EXHIBITION A SUCCESS.

+ IT IS THE TENTH IN THE SERIES OF SCHOOLS SCIENCE EXHIBITIONS. THE EXHIBITION SHOWS REAL INITIATIVE ON THE PART OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATING, AND IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO SEE WHAT OUR STUDENTS STUDY IN THE SCIENTIFIC FIELD AND HOW WORTHWHILE THESE STUDIES ARE.

+THE EXHIBITION HAS WIDE SUPPORT. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT MAKES AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE EXHIBITION, AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT GIVES ADVICE. THE UNIVERSITIES ARE ALSO INVOLVED, AND MANY OTHER ORGANISATIONS HAVE PLAYED THE IR PART IN MAKING THIS EXHIBITION POSSIBLE.

+LAST YEAR THE BRITISH COUNCIL INVITED HONG KONG TO BE REPRESENTED IN THE EXHIBITIONS ON DISPLAY IN ENGLAND AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION, A NUMBER OF PROJECTS FROM LAST YEAR'S JOINT SCHOOL SCIENCE EXHIBITION WERE SENT TO THE CONFERENCE AND WERE AMONG THE BEST THERE.

+1 AM SURE THAT THE PROJECTS ON DISPLAY TODAY WILL EQUAL, IF NOT BETTER, THE STANDARDS ACHIEVED 11. PREVIOUS YEARS.

++ CONGRATULATE ALL THE STUDENTS AND THE IP ADVISERS ON THEIR COMBINED EFFORTS TO CRGANISE THIS 10TH JOINT SCHOOL SCIE CE EXHIBITION AND 1.13H THEM EVERY SUCCESS.+