XN000022-1980-09-17 — Page 8

WADE SDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1980

IN THE CASE OF TEXTBOOKS, TEACHERS CAN REFER TO A LEAFLET PREPARED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER SHOWING THE VARIOUS TYPES AND SIZES OF PRINT RECOMMENDED FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT AGE- GROUPS.

+CARE MUST ALSO BE EXERCISED TO PREVENT EYE ACCIDENTS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

TEACHERS OF SCIENCE AND PRACTICAL SUBJECTS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID ERRONEOUS HANDLING OF DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS, EQUIPMENT AND CHEMICALS BY STUDENTS, HE SAID.

+OBJECTS WITH SHARP EDGES OR POINTS SHOULD BE KEPT PROPERLY AND OUT OF REACH OF SMALL CHILDREN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ADEQUATE WARNINGS SHOULD BE GIVEN BY THE TEACHERS BEFORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS PHYSICAL EXERCISES SUCH AS HOCKEY AND FENCING SO AS TO EDUCATE THE PUPILS AND PREPARE THEM TO TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS.

PERSONAL HYGIENE IS ALSO IMPORTANT IN THE PREVENTION OF EYE INFECTION, AND THE SPOKESMAN SAID ALL PUPILS SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO AVOID USING OTHER PEOPLE'S HANDKERCHIEFS, TOWELS OR WASHING UTENSILS.

PUPILS' ATTENTION SHOULD ALSO BE DRAWN TO THE DANGER INHERENT IN STUDYING IN POOR LIGHTING.

+THEY SHOULD ALSO BE TAUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING AN UPRIGHT POSTURE AND APPROPRIATE READING DISTANCE IN THE CLASSROOM AND ALSO AT HOME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

TRACK WORK TO DISRUPT TRAM SERVICES

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TRAM SERVICES WEST OF WAN CHAI WILL BE SUSPENDED ABOUT 11.30 PM THIS SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 20) FOR TRACK REALIGNMENT WORK IN CENTRAL DISTRICT,

THE WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT OVERNIGHT, FROM 11.30 PM THAT DAY TO 6.30 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY, ON THE EASTBOUND TRAM TRACKS ON DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL BETWEEN DOUGLAS STREET AND ICE HOUSE STREET. NORMAL SERVICES WILL RESUME AT 6.30 AM ON SUNDAY.

THE LAST WESTBOUND TRAMS WILL LEAVE THEIR TERMINI BETWEEN 10.30 PM AND 10.53 PM, WHILE THE EASTBOUND ONES WILL DEPART BETWEEN 11.04 PM AND 11.20 PM,

TRAM SERVICE BETWEEN SHAU KE WAN AND HAPPY VALLEY WILL NOT BE AFFECTED AND WILL OPERATE AT A HIGHER FREQUENCY OF EVERY FOUR MINUTES AFTER 10.35 PM FROM SHAU KEI WAN,

IN ADDITION, TRAMS WILL OPERATE AT FIVE MINUTES INTERVALS AFTER 10.35 PM BETWEEN SHAU KE! WAN AND WAN CHAI CHURCH (JOHNSTON ROAD).