WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1975
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EVERYONE NEEDS EXERCISE SAYS TOPLEY ******
PHYSICAL EDUCATION TODAY CONCERNS EVERYONE, FOR IN THIS AGE OF URBAN LIVING EVERYONE NEEDS EXERCISE NOT ONLY TO BE FIT FOR WORK BUT ALSO TO REMAIN HEALTHY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, SAID THIS MORNING.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPORTS MEET OF MU KUANG ENGLISH SCHOOL HELD AT THE MONGKOK STADIUM IN BOUNDARY STREET, KOWLOON.
MR. TOPLEY SAID: THE CONCEPT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION HAS CHANGED FUNDAMENTALLY IN RECENT YEARS. THE AIM IS NO LONGER MERE DEXTERITY BUT SELF-IMPROVEMENT FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL.+
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THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT ATHLETICS WERE ONLY A PART OF THE BROAD CURRICULUM OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION, BUT THEY WERE AN IMPORTANT PART.
+A WELL-ORGANISED SPORTS MEET PROVIDES THE NECESSARY OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN TO PUT THEIR PREVIOUS TRAINING AND ACQUIRED SKILL TO THE TEST OF COMPETITION AND TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR SPORTSMANSHIP AND THEIR RESISTANCE TO FATIGUE - WHETHER IN VICTORY OR DEFEAT.
+SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS HAVE A GOOD DEAL OF SURPLUS ENERGY, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL. THEIR INTEREST IN SPORTS SHOULD THEREFORE TAKE THE FORM OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND NOT MERELY OF WATCHING OR READING ABOUT THEM. WHATEVER THE SPORT, IT SHOULD BE TAKEN UP WITH ENERGY AND WITH THE DETERMINATION TO TRY AND IMPROVE,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.
THE DIRECTOR CONGRATULATED THE SUPERVISOR OF THE SCHOOL, MRS. ELSIE ELLIOTT, AND THE STAFF OF MU KUANG FOR THEIR ENDEAVOURS TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL EDUCATION THROUGH ATHLETICS.
MR. TOPLEY SAID THE SCHOOL HAD A MODEST START IN KOWLOON CITY BUT EVEN IN THOSE FORMATIVE YEARS IT HAD BUILT UP A GOOD REPUTATION AND CATERED FOR THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
WITH THE FREE GRANT OF THE PRESENT SITE BY THE GOVERNMENT, TOGETHER WITH AN INTEREST-FREE LOAN, THE SCHOOL WAS ABLE TO PUT UP ITS NEW PREMISES IN KWUN TONG IN 1972, OFFERING STANDARD ACCOMMODATION AND FACILITIES. THE SCHOOL WAS NOW OFFERING A FULL SECONDARY COURSE WITH AN IMPRESSIVE ENROLMENT OF 1,800.
+1 AM PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO NOTE THAT IT OFFERS ALL ITS PLACES IN FORMS 1 - 3 TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT UNDER THE CURRENT SCHEME OF BOUGHT PLACES,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.
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