MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1976
ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH
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MISS KO SIU WAH, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TOLD THE PUPILS OF THE HO MAN TIN GOVERNMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL TODAY THAT THEY SHOULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES FORTUNATE IN BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE THE IR EDUCATION MAINLY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF CHINESE, THEIR MOTHER TONGUE.
ADDRESSING THE GATHERING AT THE SCHOOL'S SPEECH DAY, MISS KO SAID: + YOU SHOULD MAKE FULL USE OF SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY BY LEARNING THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND OTHER SUBJECTS WELL AND BY REALISING YOUR POTENTIAL FOR TAKING UP SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.+
AT THE SAME TIME SHE REMINDED THE PUPILS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE.
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+FOR US IN HONG KONG, ENGLISH IS THE MOST WIDELY USED OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
• IN THE WORLD TODAY WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO HAVE A NARROW CUTLOCK. WE MUST WIDEN OUR HORIZON AND VIEW THE WORLD OUTSIDE HONG KONG SO AS TO GET TO KNOW OTHER PEOPLES AND CULTURES, THEREBY PROPOTING MUTUAL UNDERSTAND ING AND PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE.
+APART FROM ITS ECONOMIC AND PRACTICAL VALUE, IF WE COMMAND A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH, WE SHALL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO READ SOME OF THE WRITINGS BY FOREIGN AUTHORS AND HAVE A GREATER CHANCE TO COME IN CONTACT WITH FOREIGNERS.
+THESE ACTIVITIES, IN TURN, WOULD HELP US DEVELOP A LETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AND ITS AFFAIRS, TACKLE PROBLEMS HORE CBJECTIVELY AND MIX HARMONIOUSLY WITH PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACES AND CULTURES,+ MISS KO SAID.
SHE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD MAINTAIN THE TRADITION OF PAYING DUE ATTENTION TO BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH IK ITS CURRICULUM SO AS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.
LANGUAGE WAS NOT ONLY A MEANS BY WHICH IDEAS WERE EXCHANGED BUT ALSO A MEDIUM THROUGH WHICH PEOPLE THINK AND LEARN,
+AN INADEQUATE COMMAND OF LANGUAGE OFTEN HAMPERS LOGICAL THINKING, STUNTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE THOUGHT, AND AS A RESULT AFFECTS LEARNING, MISS KO SAID.
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