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SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1984

PARKS ARE NOT FOR DRIVING

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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY TOLD PEOPLE NOT TO DRIVE INTO COUNTRY PARKS.

LAST MONTH, 28 PEOPLE WERE FINED FOR THE OFFENCE, COMPARED WITH 17 IN APRIL AND EIGHT IN MARCH.

THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THE OFFENCE IS A $2 000 FINE AND THREE MONTHS IMPRISONMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT PATHS IN COUNTRY PARKS WERE NOT MEANT FOR HEAVY USE BY VEHICLES.

+ THE COUNTRYSIDE IS FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF CITY LIFE. TOO MUCH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IN THE PARKS WILL DEFEAT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF CREATING THESE PARKS,+ HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID THAT LITTERING WAS STILL THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE COUNTRY PARKS AND THAT 103 PEOPLE WERE FINED FOR THIS LAST MONTH.

OTHER OFFENCES INCLUDED CAMPING IN NON-DESIGNATED SITES, POLLUTING WATER, DAMAGING PLANTS AND POSSESSION OF PROTECTED PLANTS.

SEMINAR ON ENGLISH TEACHING

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A SEMINAR ON THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WILL BE HELD FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ON JUNE 30.

MR FRANCIS C. JOHNSON, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE SEMINAR ON +THE PURPOSE IN THE SELECTION OF CONTENT IN LANGUAGE TEACHING+.

ORGANISED BY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE SEMINAR IS ONE OF A SERIES CONDUCTED EVERY YEAR FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH.

HEADS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHO WISH TO SEND THE IR TEACHERS TO ATTEND, SHOULD APPLY TO THE SENIOR INSPECTOR, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE, 9A BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG, NOT LATER THAN JUNE 27.

THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AT THIS CENTRE.

ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE TO THE CENTRE AT 5-482537.

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