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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1978

STUDENTS BECOMING INVOLVED IN SCHOOL SUBJECTS

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SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF TODAY WERE, BY AND LARGE, NO LONGER SATISFIED WITH PASSIVELY SITTING BACK AND TAKING DOWN NOTES FROM TEACHERS, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL), MR. HO NGA-MING, SAID TODAY.

MR. HO WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF THE JOINT SCHOOLS METEOROLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AT MUNSANG COLLEGE. +NOWADAYS, STUDENTS ARE MORE READY TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND, FURTHER, LET OTHER PEOPLE SHARE THEIR FINDINGS AND EXPERIENCES, HE SAID.

+THE EXHIBITION IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS. ACTIVITIES OF THIS KIND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY HELP STUDENTS FURTHER DEVELOP THEIR REASONING FACULTY AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS CONCEPTS OF GEOGRAPHY AND METEOROLOGY.

MR. HO SAID THE EXHIBITION, COVERING MANY ASPECTS OF METEOROLOGY AND THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, WAS AIMED AT PROMOTING

A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOTIC PROCESSES WERE INVOLVED IN LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT.

THE 10 SCHOOLS TAKING PART IN THE EXHIBITION ARE THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL HEEP YUNN SCHOOL KOWLOON TRUE LIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL- KOWLOON TECHNICAL SCHOOL- LA SALLE COLLEGE- MUNSANG COLLEGE- MARYKNOLL CONVENT SCHOOL NEW METHOD COLLEGE= PO LEUNG KUK NO. 1 COLLEGE- AND ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL (LAM TIN).

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