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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1985

MR TAO NOTED THAT CRIME IN THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN DECREASING DRAMATICALLY OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, DESPITE A SHARP INCREASE IN THE POPULATION.

+ THE RESULTS WERE THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF THE POLICE, THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AND THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE,+ HE SAID.

SEMINARS ON ENVIRONMENT ORGANISED FOR BIOLOGY TEACHERS

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TWO SEMINARS ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR BIOLOGY TEACHERS WILL BE HELD ON CONSECUTIVE SATURDAYS - NOVEMBER 9 AND 16.

ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE SEMINARS WILL BE HELD AT THE FIELD STUDIES CENTRE AT SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE IN PAK KONG, SAI KUNG, AND WILL HAVE PLACES FOR 80 TEACHERS.

AT THE SEMINARS AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT OFFICERS WILL SPEAK ON CONSERVATION, TREATMENT OF AGRICULTURAL WASTES, ECOLOGICAL METHODS, AS WELL AS TECHNIQUES USED IN THE STUDY OF POLLUTED STREAMS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE FIELD WORK AT A POLLUTED STREAM AND LABORATORY WORK.

THE AIM IS TO PROVIDE BIOLOGY TEACHERS WITH ENVIRONME INFORMATION AND IDEAS RELEVANT TO LOCAL PRACTICES, TO HELP WITH THEIR TEACHING, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

SCHOOL HEADS WISHING TO NOMINATE BIOLOGY TEACHERS TO T-1 SEMINARS SHOULD APPLY TO THE INSPECTOR OF THE FIELD STUDIE BEFORE NOVEMBER 5, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

CALL TO FURTHER MINIMISE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAI PO ROAD SAFETY ORGANISING COMMITTE MR CHEUNG HOK-MING, TODAY (SUNDAY) URGED RESIDENTS TO HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TAI PO ROADS TV "W AT THE TAI PO PLAYGROUND, MR CHEUNG SAID: +ALTHOUGH THE LYBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN REDUCED IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, E HAVE TO TRY TO KEEP THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TOLL DOWN EVE, FURTHER. *