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SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1987

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOR SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CONSIDERED

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS CONSIDERING TO INTRODUCE A NEW SUBJECT, "ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES" TO BROADEN THE SENIOR SECONDARY CURRICULUM IN SCHOOLS, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DAVID LAN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 20TH JOINT SCHOOLS SCIENCE EXHIBITION AT THE HONG KONG EXHIBITION CENTRE, MR LAN SAID THE NEW SUBJECT WAS INTRODUCED IN RECOGNITION OF THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND POLLUTION CONTROL IN THE TERRITORY-WIDE ENVIRONMENT.

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"IT WILL GIVE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN UNDERSTANDING THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND TO EXAMINE PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ARISING FROM THE USE AND ABUSE OF RESOURCES, MR LAN SAID.

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WOULD SEND OUT QUESTIONNAIRES TO SCHOOLS IN THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR TO, COLLECT OPINION ON WHETHER THIS NEW SUBJECT SHOULD BE O-LEVEL EQUIVALENT, MR LAN ADDED.

ON THE NUCLEAR ENERGY EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, MR LAN SAID TWO TEACHING PACKAGES HAD BEEN PRODUCED THE "ENERGY AND MAN" TO SUPPORT THE INTEGRATED SCIENCE CURRICULUM AND THE "ELECTRICITY FROM URANIUM" TO SUPPORT THE PHYSICS CURRICULUM AS PART OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS.

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"THE PACKAGES ARE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS ON LOAN FROM THE VISUAL EDUCATION SECTION AND CAN BE DUPLICATED IN THE MEDIA PRODUCTION SERVICES UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT," MR LAN ADDED.

TWO TELEVISION PROGRAMMES ENTITLED "ENERGY RESOURCES' AND "NUCLEAR ENERGY" WERE ALSO PRODUCED AND HAD BEEN TRANSMITTED ΤΟ SCHOOLS THROUGH THE EDUCATION TELEVISION SERVICE SINCE NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, MR LAN SAID.

'YOUTH AMBASSADORS' BRING MESSAGE OF CARE TO ELDERLY

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GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES ARE ORGANISING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SETTING UP COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SHE ADDED THAT THESE ORGANISATIONS WERE MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS IN DIFFERENT FORMS, EITHER IN MONEY OR MANPOWER TERMS, BUT ALL TOWARDS THE SAME CAUSE OF BETTERING THE WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY.

/MRS WONG