SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1975
+ THE THIRD DUTY, LESS EASY TO RELATE SPECIFICALLY TO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM, BUT IMPORTANT TO THE WHOLE WAY OF LIFE OF THE SCHOOL, IS THAT OF HELPING THE PUPILS TO RESIST THOSE INFLUENCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH ARE HARMFUL, SUCH AS GAMBLING, DRUG ADDICTION, HOOLIGANISM AND OTHER SOCIAL ILLS. WHEN WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THIS THREEFOLD DUTY, WE CAN READILY SEE HOW TAXING, YET REWARDING, THE TEACHER'S TASK IS, HE SAID.
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR REITERATED THAT TEACHERS WERE THE PROPS OF AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
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HE WAS STRESSING THIS POINT AT A TIME WHEN HONG KONG WAS EMBARKING ON AN IMPORTANT PHASE OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WHEN IT WAS FACING A VARIETY OF YOUTH PROBLEMS.
MR. HO EMPHASISED THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND THE PROPER NURTURE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE TO BENEFIT FROM THEM MUST DEPEND LARGELY ON THE PERSONAL QUALITIES OF THE TEACHERS, THEIR PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR SKILL.
+1 MAY GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT THE TEACHER IS AN AGENT OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH HE IS TO CARRY OUT HIS WORK AND THAT THE RIGHT EDUCATION OF THE TEACHER WILL PROVE ONE OF THE MOST FRUITFUL MEANS OF ADJUSTING EDUCATIONAL PROCEDURE TO THE NEEDS OF SOCIETY.+
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