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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1980

A SEMINAR FOR TEACHERS OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WILL BE HELD PRIOR TO THE QUIZ TO SUPPLY THEM WITH BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON METRICATION IN HONG KONG AND THE WAYS AND MEANS TO IMPRESS STUDENTS WITH METRIC IDENTITIES.

REPORTING ON THE PROGRESS ON METRICATION, PROF KING POINTED OUT THAT A MARKET RESEARCH ON METRICATION HAD BEEN CONDUCTED RECENTLY AND THE RESULT SHOWS THAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ARE HIGHLY RECEPTIVE TO CHANGES AND THEY ARE NOT LIKELY TO COME ACROSS SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN ADAPTING TO METRIC UNITS.

NEVERTHELESS, TO REDUCE PEOPLE'S WORRIES ON METRIC CHANGE, PLANS ARE NOW IN HAND TO PRODUCE PAMPHLETS AND INFORMATION SHEETS FOR THE REFERENCE OF VARIOUS TRADE SECTORS.

AT A CEREMONY FOLLOWING THE PRESS CONFERENCE, MR J.L. SOONG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MOBIL OIL HONG KONG LIMITED PRESENTED A FACSIMILE SLIDE RULE AND A CHEQUE TO PROF KING.

PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE INVITED

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS URGED SCHOOL HEADS TO INFORM THE IR PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO JOIN THE SCHEME.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT PUPILS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND THOSE IN FORMS/MIDDLE 1-111 MAY PARTICIPATE.

+THE FEE IS $5 FOR TWELVE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ENTRY. THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD WILL PAY EACH DOCTOR $35 A YEAR FOR EVERY PUPIL ALLOCATED TO HIM, HE SAID.

THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHEME IS TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED AND ECONOMICAL MEDICAL TREATMENT TO ALL PUPILS WHO WISH TO HAVE IT. IT ALSO SERVES THE IR SPECIAL NEEDS BY ALLOWING FOR THE EARLY DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF DEFECTS AND CONTINUED MEDICAL SUPERVISION.

+FAILURE TO INFORM PUPILS OF THE SERVICE PREVENTS THEM AND THEIR PARENTS FROM MAKING A FREE, PERSONAL CHOICE AS TO WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE OR NOT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HEADS OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS NEED ONLY TO CHOOSE A DOCTOR FROM A LIST SUPPLIED ON REQUEST BY THE BOARD. PROVIDE PARTICIPATION CARDS TO PUPILS ON THE DAY THEY JOIN, AND PAY ONCE A MONTH ALL $5 FEES COLLECTED BY THE SCHOOL DURING THE PREVIOUS MONTH TO THE BOARD.

*A PARTICIPATION CARD ENTITLES A PUPIL TO VISIT THE DOCTOR AS MANY TIMES AS HE WISHES DURING THE ENSUING TWELVE MONTHS.

/+THE BOARD