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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1976,
NEW CAREERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR WOMEN
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NEW CAREERS ARE OPENING UP TO WOMEN AND INDEED WOMEN ARE BEING URGED TO TAKE ON NEW RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL KINDS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY SAID THIS MORNING.
ADDRESSING THE GATHERING AT THE DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL SPEECH DAY, MR. TOPLEY ADDED: +YOU MAY FIND THIS ALARMING OR UNSETTLING RATHER THAN STIMULATING. YOU MAY BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE CUT OUT TO BE A WIFE AND NOT A CAREER WOMAN.
+BUT YOUR HUSBAND MAY TURN OUT FIRMLY CONVINCED THAT MARRIAGE IS A PARTNERSHIP AND THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN SOCIETY THAN EITHER YOU WISH TO ASSUME OR FEEL CONFIDENT OF SUSTAINING, A MEASURE OF SELF CONFIDENCE WILL BE A MORE IMPORTANT ASSET IN THE FUTURE THAN HITHERTO.+
THE DIRECTOR TOLD THE GIRLS THAT +CONFIDENCE GROWS WITH PRACTICE IN SOUNDING CONFIDENT. +
SCHOOL SOCIETIES, HE SAID, PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT GROUND TO DISCOVER WHAT ONE'S SELF WAS REALLY LIKE.
IN ORDER TO BE WELL INFORMED, MR. TOPLEY URGED THE PUPILS TO READ A RELIABLE NEWSPAPER EVERYDAY.
+I ALSO THINK WHEN YOU HAVE MADE YOURSELF A REGULAR AND CAREFUL NEWSPAPER READER THAT IN DUE COURSE ONE SHOULD ADD A GOOD WEEKLY PAPER OF COMMENT, HE SAID.
MR. TOPLEY ALSO ADVISED THE PUPILS TO FIND OUT THINGS THEY WANT TO KNOW BY ASKING QUESTIONS.
+WHEN YOU MEET SOMEONE WHO IS IN A POSITION TO KNOW SOMETHING INTERESTING, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK, + HE SAID.
DURING THE CEREMONY PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES WERE DISTRIBUTED BY MRS. TOPLEY.
WATER CUT ***
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN KWUN TONG WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M. ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 5) TO ENABLE THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT A NIGHT LEAKAGE TEST.
AFFECTED ARE BLOCK NO. 1A TO 17A, SAU MAU PING ESTATE, SAU LAI STREET, KWUN TONG.
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