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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1975.
RECREATIONAL PURSUITS VITAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, TODAY URGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE UP SPORT / ND GAMES IN THEIR LEISURE TIME.
SPEAKING IN CANTONESE AT THE JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE LOK SIN TONG SCHOOLS, HR. TOPLEY SAID THAT YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED
IN SPORTS AND GAMES WERE OFTEN FOUND MORE OUTSTANDING.
THE DIRECTOR ALSO URGED PUPILS TO TAKE PART IN PICNICS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS ORGANISED BY SCHOOL SOCIETIES AND CLUBS.
PARTICIPATING IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES WAS AN ESSENTIAL PART IN GROWING UP AS THEY SERVED AS A VALUABLE MEANS TO MAKE FRIENDS AND TO LEARN TO GET ON WITH OTHER PHOPLE, HE SAID.
MR. TOPLEY NOTED WITH GRATIFICATION THAT THE LOK SIM TONG SCHOOLS WERE ENCOURAGING THEIR PUPILS TO TAKE PART IN RECREATION AND SPORTS AS WELL AS A WIDE RANGE OF EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
DURING THE CEREMONY, MRS. TOPLEY DISTRIBUTED CERTIFICATES AND PRIZES TO SUCCESSFUL PUPILS.