SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1977
TOPLEY TO ATTEND SEVENTH COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION CONFERENCE
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HONG KONG WILL BE REPRESENTED AT THE SEVENTH COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION CONFERENCE IN ACCRA, GHANA, FROM MARCH 8 TO 18 BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY.
THE DIRECTOR WILL BE PARTICIPATING AS A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH DELEGATION FOLLOWING PAST PRACTICE.
BEFORE HE LEAVES BY AIR FOR ROME TOMORROW EVENING ON HIS WAY TO ACCRA, MR. TOPLEY WILL LEAD THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S TEAM IN THE COMMUNITY CHEST'S +WALK FOR A MILLION IN KOWLOON ON SUNDAY MORNING.
DURING MR. TOPLEY'S ABSENCE, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (ADMINISTRATION), MR. COLVYN HAYE, WILL ACT AS DIRECTOR.
THE CONFERENCE WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DELEGATES TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND TO REVIEW COMMONWEALTH CO-OPERATION IN EDUCATION.
THE MINISTERS WILL JOIN THEIR DELEGATIONS AT THE START OF THE SECOND WEEK DURING WHICH THE CONFERENCE THEME +THE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION+ - WILL BE DISCUSSED.
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PREVIOUS CONFERENCES WERE HELD IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA (1974) CANBERRA (1971), LAGOS (1968), OTTAWA (1964), NEW DELHI (1962) AND OXFORD (1959).
FIRING PRACTICE *****
FIRING PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE ON CASTLE PEAK RANGE BETWEEN 8.30 A.M. AND 4.30 P.M. ON MARCH 10 (THURSDAY).
THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT IT IS DANGEROUS TO ENTER THE AREA WHEN THE RED FLAGS ARE FLYING DURING THE TIME OF THE PRACTICE.