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SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1980

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TENDERS FOR WATER PROJECT

THE CAPACITY OF THE TAI PO TAU TREATMENT WORKS IS TO BE DOUBLED TO COPE WITH THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR WATER FROM NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TAI PO AND SHEK WU HUI NEW TOWNS.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO CLARIFIERS, THREE FILTERS, AN EXTENSION TO THE CHEMICAL HOUSE AND FLOW MEASUREMENT DEVICES, ARE NOW BEING INVITED.

ON COMPLETION, THE TREATMENT CAPACITY WILL BE INCREASED BY 100 PER CENT TO 110 000 CUBIC METRES A DAY.

WORK ON THE EXTENSION WILL START IN JULY AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

LEARNING SCIENCE CAN BE FUN

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THE LEARNING OF SCIENCE IN SCHOOLS CAN BECOME MORE INTERESTING IF MORE EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON ENQUIRY AND ACTIVITY', THE DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, MRS LOUISE MOK, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

MRS MOK WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE TSUEN WAN JOINT SCHOOL SCIENCE EXHIBITION IN THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

SHE SAID THAT EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND TEACHERS TO MAKE SCIENCE MORE INTERESTING AND TO RELATE IT MORE DIRECTLY TO EVERYDAY LIFE.

+WHEN ACTIVITIES, EXPERIMENTS AND PROJECTS ARE ORGANIZED BY THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES, AS IN THIS EXHIBITION, SCIENCE BECOMES A VITAL LIVING SUBJECT,+ SHE ADDED.

THE EXHIBITION, WITH THE THEME OF MODERN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY', AIMS TO AROUSE PUBLIC INTEREST IN SCIENCE,

IT IS ORGANISED WITH THE ADVICE AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF TEACHERS OF NINE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, MEMBERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

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