XN000022-1984-02-23 — Page 10

9

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1984

+THESE ACTIVITIES, TOO, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR INTELLECTUAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT.

+ IN FACT. INTELLECTUAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE VIEWED AS INSEPARABLE PROCESSES AND THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND GAMES IN INTELLECTUAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNISED BY MANY PSYCHOLOGISTS AND EDUCATORS.+

MR YUNG SAID A SURVEY OF 17 000 UNIVERSITY GRADUATES OVER A 15-YEAR PERIOD SHOWED THAT FEWER OF THOSE WHO ENGAGED IN SOME FORM OF PHYSICAL RECREATION SUFFERED HEART ATTACKS THAN THOSE WHO DID NOT.

RESEARCH HAD ALSO SHOWN, THAT INACTIVE PERSONS WERE TWO- AND-HALF-TIMES MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEART DISEASES, HE ADDED.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

PRESS CONFERENCE

* * *

MRS SHIRLEY WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, CURRENTLY VISITING HONG KONG, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE GIS THEATRE AT 10 AM ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27.

YOU ARE INVITED 1, ATTEND.

MATHS WHIZ KIDS TO COMPETE

***

STUDENTS FROM 40 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL COMPETE IN THE FINAL OF THE HONG KONG MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD AT THE NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN SASSOON ROAD, HONG KONG ON SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 25) AT 9.30 AM.

THE COMPETITION IS BEING JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE AND NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND SUSTAIN STUDENTS' INTEREST IN MATHEMATICS.

A TOTAL OF 122 SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAD ORGINALLY TAKEN PART IN THE PRELIMINARY ROUND OF THE COMPETITION ON DECEMBER 10 LAST YEAR.

/AFPER THE

Page 10Page 11