SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1974.
HE MENTIONED GENERAL READING, PLAY-ACTING, LOCAL STUDIES AND DIRECT OBSERVATION, PRACTICAL SCIENCE, ART AND CRAFTS, AND MUSIC, IN ADDITION TO A MULTITUDE OF HOBBIES OF A MORE GENERAL KIND.
SPEAKING AS THE NEW PATRON OF THE HONG KONG TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, MR. TOPLEY SAID THE ASSOCIATION ALWAYS HAD THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS AT HEART AND BUILT UP AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, THE MOST OUTSTANDING OF WHICH WAS THE ORGANISATION OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
MR. TOPLEY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ASSOCIATION'S ALL-OUT EFFORTS IN SUPPORTING SUCH GOVERNMENT'S CAMPAIGNS LIKE +KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN+ AND +FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME+, FOR WHICH SEMINARS AND ESSAY AND POSTER COMPETITIONS WERE ORGANISED WITH GREAT SUCCESS.
HE NOTED THAT FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS THE ASSOCIATION HAS HAD THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AS ITS PATRON AND HAS WORKED UP A CLOSE CONNECTION WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE ASSOCIATION IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE WORLD CONFEDERATION OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION AND ITS MEMBERSHIP IS DRAUN FROM TEACHERS ENGAGED IN KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
LONG DISTANCE SWIMMING RACE AT REPULSE BAY
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OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO EXERCISE DUE CAUTION WHEN UNDERWAY IN REPULSE BAY AREA ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 17) WHEN A SWIMMING RACE WILL BE HELD THERE.
THEY SHOULD KEEP WELL CLEAR OF THE SWIMMERS AND MARSHALLING BOATS FOR THE DURATION OF THE RACE.
THE LONG DISTANCE SELF-SURVIVAL SWIMMING RACE WILL BEGIN AT 10 AM AND END AT 12 NOON. THE COURSE WILL EXTEND FROM THE NORTHERN SHORE OF NGAN CHAU (ROUND ISLAND) TO THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUE AT REPULSE BAY.
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