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SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1992

MR SIU SAID EFFORTS MUST THEREFORE BE KEPT UP ON ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION. DRIVER TRAINING AND PUBLICITY.

AS PART OF THE PUBLICITY EFFORT, MR SIU SAID IN 1992. THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ISSUED A LIST OF DO'S AND DON'TS FOR MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS AND PUBLICISED THEM AT EVERY LEVEL IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION ON TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS,

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TRAINING COURSES ON NATURE EDUCATION FOR TEACHERS

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SOME 300 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ATTENDED A SERIES OF TRAINING COURSES ON CONSERVATION AND NATURE EDUCATION ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

THE COURSES, ATTENDED MAINLY BY GEOGRAPHY, BIOLOGY AND NATURE SCIENCE TEACHERS, CONSISTED OF TALKS AND A VISIT TO THE LIONS NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE IN TSIU HANG.

"THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSES IS TO INTRODUCE THE LIONS NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE то THE TEACHERS AS AN IDEAL PLACE AND RESOURCE FOR NATURE EDUCATION," SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR MARTIN LEUNG, SAID.

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"THE CENTRE HAS LIVING SPECIMENS AND STATIC DISPLAYS ΤΟ VISITORS UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE HONG KONG'S WILDLIFE, VEGETATION, NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES.

"IT SERVES AS A UNIQUE PLACE FOR FIELD STUDIES AND PROVIDES RECREATION FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND MEMBERS OF

THE PUBLIC. ADMISSION TO WHICH IS FREE.

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"IT IS HOPED THAT VISITORS WILL HAVE A MORE POSITIVE TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AFTER THEIR VISITS TO THE CENTRE, HE SAID.

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AT PRESENT, THERE ARE THREE EXHIBITION HALLS OF ABOUT 800 SQUARE METRES DESIGNED IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE STYLE FOR THE DISPLAY OF MATERIALS RELATED ΤΟ RURAL HERITAGE, PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, COUNTRYSIDE RESOURCES AND NATURE CONSERVATION.

OTHER ATTRACTIONS OF THE CENTRE INCLUDE AN ARBORETUM, A SPECIMEN ORCHARD, A CHINESE HERBAL GARDEN, A CITRUS ORCHARD, A ROCK AND MINERAL CORNER AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF SELECTED FIELD CROPS.

OFFICIALLY OPENED IN JUNE LAST YEAR, IT HAS THAN 310,000 VISITORS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

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