TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1974.
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LEARNING DOES NOT STOP AFTER SCHOOL BEERKR
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, IR. THOMAS LEE, TODAY URGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO KEEP ON LEARNING BECAUSE, HE SAID, IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES.
+SOCIETY IS PROGRESSING DAY BY DAY AND VE HAVE TO GRASP EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN DILIGENTLY IN ORDER TO WELL-EQUIP OURSELVES OTHERWISE WE SHALL LAG BEHIND THE TIMES AND FIND IT DIFFICULT TO ADJUST OURSELVES TO THE REALITIES OF EVERDAY LIFE,+ HE TOLD GRADUATES OF THE HONG KONG JUVENILE CARE CENTRE ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR SPEECH DAY.
HE DREW THEIR ATTENTION TO THE SAYING +THERE IS NO END TO STUDIES+ AND SAID THAT PRIMARY SCHOOLING WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.
THOSE WHO COULD SHOULD CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES INTO SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND EVEN UNIVERSITIES IF POSSIBLE, HE SAID. ON THE OTHER HAID, 'THOSE WHO COULD KOT AND HAD TO CƆ GUT TO LONK COULD ALSO ADD TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE THROUGH PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WHICH COULD NOT BE GAINED FRON BOOKS.
MR. LEE TOLD THE STUDENTS TO PRACTICE WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED THROUGH STUDYING AND CO-CPERATING VITI ORKERS. +IN THIS WAY, NO MATTER WHETHER YOU STUDY OR CORK, YOU CAN TAKE A CONZOIBUTION TO AND SERVE SOCIETY VITI WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED,
HE ALSO URCED THEN TO PARTICIPATE IN MORE GROUP AND YOUTH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AS THIS WOULD HELP THEN PROPERLY DEVELOP INTO COOD CITIZENS.
MRS. LEE PRESENTED PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES TO THE STUDENTS AND GRADUATES DURING THE CEREMONY.
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