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MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1979

CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

AN IMPORTANT AIM IN BIOLOGY TEACHING

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ONE IMPORTANT AIM OF BIOLOGY EDUCATION IS AN APPRECIATION OF THE BEAUTY OF THE LIVING WORLD AND A RESPECT FOR ALL LIVING THINGS, MR. ARTHUR BROWN, SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A SIX-DAY SUMMER COURSE FOR BIOLOGY TEACHERS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VARIOUS ORGANISMS AND THEIR CO-EXISTENCE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, MR. BROWN NOTED IT HAD BEEN PROVED THAT MANY OF MAN'S ACTIVITIES, FOR EXAMPLE URBANIZATION AND POLLUTION, HAD DESTROYED THE HARMONIOUS INTER-RELATIONSHIP OF ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

+ALL THESE UNCONTROLLED ACTIVITIES WILL DESTROY OUR NATURAL

ENVIRONMENT AND KILL LIVING ORGANISMS, + HE SAID.

BIOLOGY TEACHERS SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND RESPECT FOR LIVING ORGANISMS, MR. BROWN SAID,

+REMEMBER, CHILDREN SHOULD BE TAUGHT, OR RATHER, BE INFLUENCED BY YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIVING ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT IN ORDER TO APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF THE LIVING WORLD AND DEVELOP A RESPECT FOR ALL LIVING THINGS.

+AS A RESULT, THROUGH SUCCESS IN TEACHING BIOLOGY AS SUCH, WE MAY LOOK FORWARD TO A CLEANER AND HEALTHIER WORLD, HE SAID.

A TOTAL OF 105 TEACHERS HAD APPLIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER COURSE, BUT ONLY 40 WERE SELECTED BECAUSE OF LIMITED FACILITIES.

+THIS SHOWS THAT THE COURSE IS VERY POPULAR AMONG OUR BIOLOGY TEACHERS WHO ARE VERY KEEN TO KEEP ABREAST OF MODERN APPROACHES AND CONCEPTS IN BIOLOGY TEACHING, MR. BROWN SAID.

THE COURSE, THE THIRD OF ITS KIND, IS BEING HELD AT THE SCIENCE CENTRE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IN SHA TIN,

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