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MONDAY, JULY 18, 1994

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FIRST SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT PAIRING PROJECT LAUNCHED

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STUDENTS FROM TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS

PART WILL TAKE COUNTERPARTS IN CANADA

IN HONG KONG AND IN A PILOT SCHEME

THEIR

ΤΟ

STUDY COMPUTER

HARBOUR WATER QUALITY AND EXCHANGE DATA AND FINDINGS THROUGH AND FACSIMILE NETWORKS.

KIND

LAUNCHED

IN HONG

KONG,

THE

SCHOOL

CO-OPERATION

HONG KONG IN

THE FIRST OF ITS PAIRING PROJECT IS ORGANISED UNDER THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SIGNED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF

MUTUAL FACILITATE AND CANADA WITH AN AIM TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INITIATIVES.

AND CANADA, STUDENTS AND

BY PAIRING UP SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG TEACHERS IN THE TWO PLACES WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO EXCHANGE THEIR IDEAS, VALUES AND SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.

IS

FUNDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEF, THE PROJECT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE

ΤΟ BE TO ENABLE STUDENTS AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS.

COLLEGE QUEEN'S

IN A PART

FIVE-DAY

TWELVE FORM 6 STUDENTS FROM CO-EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE WILL TAKE STUDY THE WATER QUALITY OF THE HARBOURS IN HONG KONG.

THEY WILL COLLECT WATER SAMPLES

ACTUALLY

AND ST PAUL'S TO PROGRAMME

FROM SAI KUNG AND VICTORIA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

HARBOUR AND WILL CONDUCT TESTS AT THE KADOORIE CENTRE ON VARIOUS WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS SUCH AS THE STRATIFICATION, TRANSPARENCY, DISSOLVED OXYGEN LEVEL, ODOUR AND E COLI.

PROJECT WILL MEANWHILE, STUDENTS IN CANADA TAKING PART IN THE

FINDINGS WILL BE COMPILED INTO ALSO CONDUCT SIMILAR STUDIES. THE

WILL ALSO BE REPORTS WHICH THEY WILL EXCHANGE WITH EACH OTHER. THEY

TELEPHONE, COMPUTER ABLE TO SHARE THEIR VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE THROUGH AND FACSIMILE NETWORKS DURING AND AFTER THE STUDY.

ABOUT

BY

THE VISITING LAM" AND THE

ABLE TO KNOW MORE STUDENTS IN HONG KONG WILL BE MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND EPD'S MARINE WATER MONITORING WORK THE DEPARTMENT'S WATER MONITORING VESSEL "DR CATHERINE MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY AT REVENUE TOWER.

THE

PROJECT AT REVENUE SPEAKING AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE

ACTING DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOWER THIS MORNING (MONDAY),

AWARENESS LAW, SAID IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL ROBERT PROTECTION, MR

ADVANCED COUNTRIES AS THE THROUGH EDUCATION WAS CONSIDERED BY MANY BEST LONG TERM SOLUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.

PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROJECT,

GLOBALLY AND ACT

LOCALLY"

TO

HE HOPED THAT AS A RESULT OF THE STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO "THINK HELP MAKE OUR PLANET A BETTER PLACE ON WHICH TO LIVE.

CEREMONY

FOR

MR

EDUCATION

WERE THE SENIOR TRADE

SCOTT CANADA,

MULLIN,

MR DEPARTMENT,

THE

SIMON

HO,

AND

ALSO PRESENT AT THE

COMMISSION COMMISSIONER OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (ENVIRONMENT) MISS MARY CHOW.

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