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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1984

$2M BONSAI SHOW SET FOR SUNDAY

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PRECIOUS COLLECTIONS OF STALAGMITE AND PLANTS WORTH OVER $2 MILLION WILL BE ON DISPLAY IN A BONSAI AND HORTICULTURAL SHOW TO BE OPENED ON SUNDAY AT SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE, TSUEN WAN.

THERE WILL BE MORE THAN 140 PIECES OF PLANTS, SOME OF THEM RARE SPECIES, IN THE SHOW, ORGANISED AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE ESTATE'S +OPEN DAY+ CELEBRATING THE HOUSING FESTIVAL '84.

AMONG THE PLANTS WILL BE AN 100-YEAR-OLD TREE, BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM A PALACE COLLECTIONS GOING BACK TO THE CHING DYNASTY. OTHERS

OTHERS INCLUDE VARIOUS COLLECTIONS OF STRANGELY-SHAPED STALAGMITE.

THE SHOW, PRESENTED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE YUEN YUEN INSTITUTE, WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOLLOWING AN OPENING CEREMONY AT THE ESTATE'S OPEN CARPARK NEAR THE SHEK LAN HOUSE. IT WILL REMAIN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM DAILY UNTIL DECEMBER 13.

OTHER EVENTS OF THE DAY WILL INCLUDE A GAMES DAY FOR CHILDREN AND A VARIETY SHOW.

TEACHING KIT TO PROMOTE MORAL EDUCATION ***

A TEACHING KIT FOR THE PROMOTION OF MORAL EDUCATION IS BEING GIVEN TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR A TRIAL PERIOD.

TEACHERS USING THE KIT IN THEIR CLASSES WILL BE ASKED TO COMPLETE AN EVALUATION FORM AFTER SEVEN MONTHS, AND RETURN IT BY JULY 10, NEXT YEAR, TO THE RELIGIOUS-ETHICAL EDUCATION SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, 5/F., LEE GARDENS, HONG KONG.

THE KIT, WHICH HAS THE TITLE +QUOTABLE QUOTES FROM NATIONAL, + COMPRISES A VIDEO-CASSETTE TAPE AND A TEACHERS' GUIDE.

SCHOOL HEADS SHOULD COMPLETE A COLLECTION SLIP AND OBTAIN THE TEACHING KIT ON DECEMBER 12 OR 13 FROM THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT SECTION, ROOM 515, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, LEE GARDENS, HONG KONG.

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE AT THE SECTION ON 5-8392481.

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