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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1974
+THE SECOND IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE IS THAT THE SCHOOL MUST REMEMBER THAT EDUCATION IS AN UNENDING PROCESS. SCHOOL LIFE IS MERELY ONE PART OF THE PUPIL'S LIFE AND WHEN HE LEAVES SCHOOL EDUCATION WILL NOT CEASE. THE SCHOOL MUST THEREFORE FIT IN WITH THE BACKGROUND OF THE PUPILS, MUST BEAR IN MIND THE SALIENT FEATURES OF THE COMMUNITY, AND MUST SEE TO IT THAT THE PUPILS DO NOT FEEL CUT OFF FROM THE LIFE OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD WHEN THEY ARE ENGAGED IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
+BUT BEYOND THIS, EACH PUPIL MUST BE SENT OUT INTO THE WORLD WITH A SET OF ABIDING INTERESTS, DETERMINED TO CONTINUE THE EDUCATION WHICH HAS BEEN BEGUN AT SCHOOL AND GENUINELY INTERESTED IN AND AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND HIM. I DO REALISE OF COURSE THAT PUPILS ARE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEY MUST ALSO PLAY A ROLE EVENTUALLY IN THE ECONOMY. BUT I AM SURE I DO NOT NEED TO REMIND ANYONE THAT PUPILS ARE NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS.+
HE TOLD THE PRINCIPALS THAT IF THEIR SCHOOLS SUCCEEDED IN FOLLOWING THESE IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES THROUGH, THEY WOULD HAVE GONE A LONG WAY TOWARDS IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, AND INCIDENTALLY THE QUALITY OF LIFE, IN HONG KONG.
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MESSAGE OF APPRECIATION FROM GOVERNOR OF MACAU
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THE GOVERNOR OF MACAU, GENERAL NOBRE DE CARVALHO, HAS SENT A MESSAGE OF APPRECIATION TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, FOR HIS CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TAIPA BRIDGE.
HIS MESSAGE READS: +! HAD APPRECIATED VERY MUCH YOUR KIND MESSAGE. MANY THANKS FOR THE CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD WISHES ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE BRIDGE WHICH INDEED WILL CONTRIBUTE WIDELY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MACAU.+
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