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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1983

INDUSTRIAL MISSION GOING TO AUSTRALIA

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THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT WILL SEND ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION MISSION TO AUSTRALIA NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS WITH SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES, BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG.

THE MISSION, THE SECOND ONE TO AUSTRALIA THIS YEAR, IS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUING PROGRAMME TO PROMOTE OVERSEAS INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, IT WILL VISIT SYDNEY FROM SEPTEMBER 12 TO 14, MELBOURNE FROM SEPTEMBER 15 TO 20, ADELAIDE FROM SEPTEMBER 21 TO 25 AND PERTH FROM SEPTEMBER 26 TO 30.

LED BY THE PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT, MR DAVID CHEUNG, THE MISSION WILL CALL ON COMPANIES ENGAGED IN THE LIGHT AND MEDIUM ENGINEERING

INDUSTRIES, ELECTRONICS, AND THOSE PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY SUPPORTING FACILITIES, SUCH AS METAL CASTING, EXTRUSION, FORGING, TOOL AND DIE MAKING AND PRECISION MACHINING.

DURING THE LAST VISIT TO SYDNEY, NEWCASTLE AND BRISBANE IN APRIL, THE MISSION CALLED ON 45 COMPANIES IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES OF WHICH 17 EXPRESSED A SERIOUS INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING

IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. SENIOR EXECUTIVES FROM NINE OF THESE COMPANIES HAVE ALREADY VISITED HONG KONG FOR FURTHER STUDIES.

AUSTRALIA RANKS SEVENTH AMONG THE LIST OF OVERSEAS COMPANIES WHICH HAVE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG. OF THE 25 AUSTRALIAN FACTOR IES ESTABLISHED HERE, 13 ARE WHOLLY-OWNED, AND 12 ARE JOINT VENTURES. TOTAL INVESTMENT IN THEM AMOUNTS TO $160 MILLION.

SEMINAR ORGANISED FOR BIOLOGY TEACHERS

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TEACHERS OF BIOLOGY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN ANY OF THREE SEMINARS ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BIOLOGY SECTION ON THE NEW SYLLABUS FOR FORM IV AND V BIOLOGY INTRODUCED LAST YEAR.

THE NEW SYLLABUS IS THE COUNTERPART OF THE AMALGAMATED BIOLOGY EXAMINATION SYLLABUS WHICH WILL BE EXAMINED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 1984 HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.

THE SEMINARS WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 30, OCTOBER 7 AND 17 AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE TEACHING CENTRE AT 4 PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT, HONG KONG.

EACH SEMINAR CAN ACCOMMODATE A MAXIMUM OF 40 TEACHERS AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE TREATED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

SCHOOL HEADS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT THE IR NOMINATIONS TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (BIOLOGY), ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, LEE GARDENS, 5TH FLOOR, HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY BEFORE SEPTEMBER 17.

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE AT THE BIOLOGY SECTION ON 5-8392464.

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