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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1982

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HELICOPTER FOR CHINA

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A BELL 212 HELICOPTER OF THE CAAC (CIVIL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OF CHINA), DEPARTED FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE HELIPAD AT HONG KONG AIRPORT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON (TUESDAY) FOR GUANGZHOU, MARKING THE FIRST CAAC HELICOPTER FLIGHT BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANGZHOU.

THE NEW HELICOPTER HAD BEEN DELIVERED BY AIRFREIGHT TO HONG KONG FROM THE BELL HELICOPTER CO AT FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA AND THEN ASSEMBLED AT THE HONG KONG AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING CO FACILITY AND FLIGHT-TESTED LAST WEEK.

THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE ASSISTED THE CAAC AIRCREW IN CONNECTION WITH THE SPECIAL HELICOPTER OPERATING PROCEDURE AT HONG KONG AIRPORT, AND ALSO PROVIDED A DAUPHIN HELICOPTER TO ACCOMPANY THE BELL TO THE HONG KONG/GUANGZHOU AIRSPACE BOUNDARY.

WORKSHOP ON DETERGENTS FOR CHEMISTRY TEACHERS

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THREE HUNDRED CHEMISTRY TEACHERS FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL ATTEND A WORKSHOP ON DETERGENTS THIS SATURDAY (JANUARY 16) AT MING YIN COLLEGE IN SHEK KIP MEI.

+ THE AIM OF THE WORKSHOP IS TO INTRODUCE THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DETERGENT INDUSTRY, THE MANUFACTURE AND APPLICATION OF DETERGENTS, THE GENERAL TESTING AND EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL DETERGENTS, AND THE HEALTH AND POLLUTION PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF DETERGENTS, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

REFERENCE WILL ALSO BE MADE DURING THE WORKSHOP TO LOCAL SITUATIONS, HE SAID.

AN INTRODUCTORY TALK WILL BE GIVEN BY MRS LOUISE MOK, DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AND TWO LECTURES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY DR C.C. MA, THE PRODUCTION MANAGER OF A LOCAL COMPANY MANUFACTURING DETERGENTS.

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THERE WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSIONS AND A PRACTICAL SESSION WHICH DEMONSTRATION EXPERIMENTS AND PRACTICAL WORK ON DETERGENTS WILL BE ORGANISED FOR PARTICIPATING TEACHERS.

+PARTICIPANTS WILL FIND THE WORKSHOP USEFUL BECAUSE IT BEARS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP TO THE SYLLABUS CONTENTS ON DETERGENT IN THE REVISED CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS FOR FORMS FOUR AND FIVE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE WORKSHOP IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG CHEMICAL SOCIETY AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,

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