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MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1986

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COURSES FOR TEACHERS

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TEN IDENTICAL HALF-DAY COURSES ON REMEDIAL TEACHING OF CHINESE LANGUAGE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR TEACHERS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN MARCH AND APRIL.

THE FREE COURSES WILL BE HELD AT EITHER THE KOWLOON

UNIT OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE AT TO KWA WAN MARKET AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 165 MA TAU WEI ROAD, OR AT ITS HONG KONG UNIT AT 9A BONHAM ROAD.

THREE HUNDRED PRIMARY TEACHERS WILL BE ACCOMMODATED IN THE COURSES AND PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE ENGAGED IN REMEDIAL TEACHING OF THE SUBJECT.

SCHOOL HEADS WISHING TO RECOMMEND TEACHERS TO THE COURSE SHOULD SUBMIT THIER APPLICATION FORMS TO THE SENIOR INSPECTOR CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE, 7TH FLOOR, TO KWA WAN MARKET AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 165 MA TAU WAI ROAD, KOWLOON, BEFORE FEBRUARY 4.

SEMINARS ON USE OF TICKER-TAPE TIMER

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TWO HALF-DAY SEMINARS ON THE USE OF THE TICKER-TAPE TIMER IN PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS WILL BE ORGANISED FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ON THE MORNINGS OF MARCH 1 AND 8.

THE SEMINARS, ORGANISED BY THE SCIENCE SUBJECTS SECTION, ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WILL BE HELD AT THE HONG KONG SZE YAP COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION WONG TAI SHAN MEMORIAL COLLEGE AT 250 NAM CHEONG STREET, SHAM SHUI PO.

DR S.Y. MAK, LECTURER OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, WILL GIVE A TALK AT THE SEMINAR WITH A DEMONSTRATION AND DISCUSSIONS. A PRACTICAL SESSION WILL ALSO BE

HELD.

THE SEMINAR IS AIMED AT INTRODUCING THE USE OF THE TICKER-TAPE TIMER IN A NUMBER OF MECHANICS EXPERIMENTS IN PHYSICS.

THE TICKER-TAPE TIMER IS USEFUL IN MEASURING VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION THROUGH TIMING MARKS PRODUCED ON A MOVING PAPER TAPE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED.

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