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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1980

A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF MR BECKENHAM'S PROGRAMME WILL INVOLVE REVIEWING WITH THE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR STAFF OF HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC THE FULL AND PART-TIME TRANSPORT COURSES NOW TAUGHT IN THE POLYTECHNIC AND EXEMPTIONS FOR STUDENTS ON THESE COURSES FROM THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE'S INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS WITH A CHANGE IN THE INSTITUTE'S EXAMINATION STRUCTURE.

BESIDES REVIEWING TRANSPORT COURSES, THE VISIT WILL ALSO SEEK TO FIND WAYS AND MEANS OF MAKING THE INSTITUTE MORE EFFECTIVE IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE EFFICIENCY OF TRANSPORT IN HONG KONG, ESPECIALLY BY EXPANDING A SOUND EDUCATIONAL BASE AND A HIGH DEGREE OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES.

THE INSTITUTE'S LOCAL BRANCH COMMITTEE SERVES AS THE POLYTECHNIC'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TRANSPORT STUDIES AND THUS PROVIDES A HIGH DEGREE OF LIAISON BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION.

SCHOOLS IN BRITAIN TO GET WALL-SHEET ON HONG KONG

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A NEW WALL-SHEET ON HONG KONG HAS BEEN SPECIALLY PRODUCED TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE TERRITORY AMONG SCHOOLS IN BRITAIN.

OBSERVING THAT HONG KONG HAS SOMETIMES BEEN CALLED

A CITY OF CHILDREN SINCE ONE IN FOUR OF ITS POPULATION OF 4.9 MILLION IS AT SCHOOL THE WALL-SHEET PRESENTS A CONCISELY-WORDED INTRODUCTION TO THE TERRITORY.

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IT HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES WHICH HAS CREATED AN ATTRACTIVE FORMAT FEATURING FULL-COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS DEPICTING NOTABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LOCAL SCENE.

A PANORAMIC VIEW OF HONG KONG ISLAND, WITH THE HARBOUR IN THE FOREGROUND, AND SHOWING THE SKY-SCRAPERS OF CENTRAL DISTRICT AGAINST THE GREEN-CLAD SLOPES OF THE PEAK, IS THE DOMINANT FEATURE OF THE DESIGN.

TO ILLUSTRATE THE SMALL LAND AREA OF HONG KONG, AND THE HIGH DENSITY OF ITS POPULATION, THE TERRITORY IS COMPARED DIAGRAMATICALLY WITH THE ISLE OF WIGHT, SITUATED OFF BRITAIN'S SOUTH COAST. HONG KONG ISLAND, IT IS NOTED, IS ONLY ONE-FIFTH THE SIZE OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT BUT ITS POPULATION IS 10 TIMES GREATER WITH DENSITIES UP TO 98 595 PER SQUARE KILOMETRE.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE WALL-SHEET TO SCHOOLS IN BRITAIN WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON WHICH RECEIVES NUMEROUS REQUESTS FROM TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HONG KONG.

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