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THE GROWING INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY SERVICE ONE AREA OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WAS A PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT.
+THERE MUST BE VERY FEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS NOWADAYS WHICH DO NOT INCLUDE IN THEIR ACTIVITIES AT LEAST ONE WHICH IS BASED ON SERVICE OF SOME KIND OR OTHER TO THE COMMUNITY, SHE SAID,
MISS KO STRESSED THAT THE GREAT VALUE OF THESE COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES, BESIDES THEIR IMPORTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG, WAS THAT THEY MADE ADOLESCENTS MORE AWARE OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND ITS PROBLEMS.
DURING THE CEREMONY, MISS KO DISTRIBUTED CERTIFICATES AND PRIZES TO GRADUATES OF THE FOUR TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS SECONDARY SCHOOLS WONG FUT NAM, CHANG MING THIEM, LEE CHING DEA MEMORIAL AND CHEN ZAO MEN COLLEGES.
THE FOUR SCHOOLS BETWEEN THEM HAVE A TOTAL ENROLMENT OF 3,600.
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THREE WORKERS' REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED TO LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD
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THREE TRADE UNION MEMBERS WERE TODAY ELECTED AS WORKERS' REPRESENTATIVES TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AS MEMBERS OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1977.
THEY ARE MR. LEE SHING-CHU OF THE HONG KONG STEVEDORES UNION (CHAP YIN), MR. CHAN YUN-CHE OF THE HONG KONG MOTOR CAR DRIVERS GENERAL UNION AND MR. TSUI SAU-CHU OF THE BUILDING SUPERVISORS AND CARETAKERS UNION.
THE ELECTION, HELD BY SECRET BALLOT AT THE REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN NEW RODNEY BLOCK, QUEENSWAY, WAS SUPERVISED BY OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THE BOARD IS A NON-STATUTORY BODY TO ADVISE THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR ON SUCH MATTERS AFFECTING LABOUR, INCLUDING LEGISLATION AND INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
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